A Truly Remarkable Gift I think what brought it all home for me, wrestling with questions of faith an spiritual gifts, these past days, was a conversation with a friend.
More Faith Required To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Concerning Spiritual Gifts by Andrew Stephens-Rennie Concerning spiritual gifts, I do not want us to be uninformed.
Idolatry & the Crisis of Being My previous post, A Lifetime of Habits, arose out of an initial reflection on Peter Enns’ blog post about some recent statements by American pastor Timothy Keller.
A Lifetime of Habits by Andrew Stephens-Rennie A lot of attention has been paid, in recent days, to Tim Keller’s words to a group of journalists about his views on gay marriage and homosexuality.
All Your Heroes Are Not by Andrew Stephens-Rennie All your heroes are not. None are who they appear to be, and none will ever live up to your idolatry.
After All You’ve Been Through by Andrew Stephens-Rennie Words, they come back to haunt you. They haunt me.
The Story is in the Telling by Andrew Stephens-Rennie It’s perhaps not coincidental that many of my conversations about wakefulness have taken place in local cafes.
Keep Awake by Andrew Stephens-Rennie How do you stay awake? Whether you’ve been awake through the night soothing a crying child, or you’ve been plugging away all day at the keyboard, the factory, the monotony of your day-to-day, how do you stay awake?
This is That by Andrew Stephens-Rennie You could level a complaint against me. A complaint, or an accusation, or a question related to my recent series of posts.
Preaching What We Ought by Andrew Stephens-Rennie What does it all mean, this gospel of muck and filth?
The Gospel of Muck and Filth by Andrew Stephens-Rennie I think I’m going to scream. The next time I hear a sermon or a talk about The Prophetic Imagination that drones prosaically on and on about Walter Brueggemann, I’m going to flip.
First Person Shooter by Andrew Stephens-Rennie At a loss for words, yet struggling to make sense of it all.