What is the best way to do missions? That is possibly the wrong question to ask. The right question could be, “What are the ethical means and goals of missions?” Or “How does missions produce virtuous Christians?” Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review…
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This is the situation: You accepted Christ, you affirm everything your church believes but you are not growing spiritually. In fact, what does growing spiritually even mean? Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you. Today I review “Living in Christ’s…
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Martin Luther said of the Epistle to the Romans: This epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament, and is truly the purest gospel. It is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but also that he should occupy himself with it every day, as the…
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the amazing, fantastic, incredible, book that inspires children all over the world to read the Bible and enjoy reading it. Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you. Today I review…
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The book of Ruth is a beautiful story centred on Naomi, Ruth and Boaz. We see God and God’s people reflecting God, his kindness and redemptive work. If you want to dig deeper into the text, you need to keep listening. Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a…
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There was a time in Israel’s history, when the Word of God was lost. Then while renovating the temple, the people found the scrolls and they rushed it to the king. When the king saw it, he recognised it as treasure. In a similar way, today’s classic is a treasure for Christian readers everywhere ….
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Can prayer and theology mix? Isn’t theology for the smart people and prayer for the spiritual people? How wrong you are. Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you. Today I review “Prayers for Knowing God” by Tony Evans. 190 pages,…
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Culture, culture, everywhere. And not a drop of wisdom to drink. We spend, rightly spend, time and effort to read and interpret the Bible. And the Bible tells us that Jesus lived as a Jew in Roman-Greco times. And we look up from our Bibles and we wonder, “How should we live in our times?”…
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A preacher walks into a church. A church member asks him, “Can you please preach on worship.”The preacher says, “Sure. I’ve got a great sermon on John 4:24, ‘Worship in Spirit and in Truth’.”.The church member says, “No, that wouldn’t do. The last three preachers preached on that same verse. Do you have something else?”The…
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Proverbs: Wisdom That Works by Ray Ortlund
Proverbs 1:5-6 reads:“Let the wise hear and increase in learning,and the one who understands obtain guidance,to understand a proverb and a saying,the words of the wise and their riddles.” Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you. Today I review “Proverbs:…
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