Series: Salt and light
The Lord Jesus emphatically declares that Christians are different – they are the salt and light of the world. Yet he also warns that if salt loses its saltiness, it is “no longer good for anything”. We must not lose our distinctive, influencing, Christian nature. If we live in conspicuous obedience to Christ we will stand out and fulfil our calling, “that [men] may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16b).
Series: First and Last Things
Evangelicals rightly stress the glorious plan of salvation and the proclamation of the gospel. However, what exactly we are being saved for, beyond this life, is often regarded in the haziest manner. There must be something better and more exciting than floating on clouds and playing on harps ahead of us! Why are we so unclear about the nature of future glory? What should excite us about ‘heaven’? What can we be confident about in that Life ahead? How should seeing the New Creation more clearly affect our thinking and behaviour in this present fallen world? It is time to penetrate Satan’s smokescreen. It is time to regain a clearer sight of Glory.
Series: The faith once delivered to the saints
Jude is a largely unloved and unread book, plundered for its doxology and little preached as a whole. It is often seen as obscure, strange and opaque. But it is a combative, passionate and urgent wake up call to God’s people to take seriously the spiritual battle and the advances of Satan against and within churches.
Series: The faith once delivered to the saints
A Wake Up Call! Jude is a largely unloved and unread book, plundered for its doxology and little preached as a whole. It is often seen as obscure, strange and opaque. It is a combative, passionate and urgent wake up call to God’s people, to take seriously the spiritual battle and the advances of Satan against and within churches. The book is built on the premise that Satan repeats himself and therefore, by considering the ways he has operated in the past, we can and must take heed to the danger we are in today. It is a book full of a heart for Jesus Christ, for the welfare of God’s people and for the truth without which we cannot be saved. The survival of the church is at stake and that’s why it is essential for us today to hear and take to heart Jude’s message.
Christian Institute Trustee Rupert Bentley Taylor invites ministers, elders and preachers to delve into the book of Jude.
Series: Salt&Light
Only a few decades ago, a high view of the Lord’s Day was standard among English-speaking evangelicals. Yet today, there are many Christians for whom the whole notion of one day set aside for God seems a quaint throw-back to Victorian values. It is easy to feel intimidated by the tide of this popular thinking within the evangelical world.