Many years ago, in my early 20s, one of the most significant books I read was a book on the Puritan theologians of the seventeenth century, written by J. I. Packer. Its American title is A Quest for Godliness, but my copy had the earlier British title, Among God’s Giants: Aspects of Puritan Christianity. Here’s how Packer begins …
Even greater things
John 11:21-27; 14:12 Teaching, training apprentices, rebuking religious leaders. Healings, exorcisms, turning water into wine, calming a storm, feeding a crowd with five loaves and two fish. And then the biggest of all: raising a widow’s son from death to life, and then raising Lazarus from the dead. Jesus was one of the most unusual, noteworthy …
A chance meeting
A sermon by Rod Benson Ruth 2:1-23 Call me Ruth. And let me tell you a story from the days when the judges ruled Israel. It’s a story of fear and failure. It’s a story of hope and joy. It’s a love story. You’ve already heard how I came to leave Moab in the east, …
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