reflections on the residential week

    Last week was spent at a Scripture Union activity centre thinking really big thoughts about God with a group of around 20 pastors, women’s workers, and ministers-in-training. Here are just a few of the things I took away from the week. The Creator/creature distinction cannot be overemphasised I mentioned, as I traveled to the residential, that we were going to be spending this term studying the doctrine of God. That is, theology proper.

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    Book In A Day: 1 & 2 Kings (a look back)

    One of the big benefits I’ve found from my time studying with Cornhill Scotland is learning from people who have spent a long time in pastoral ministry as students of God’s Word. While that comes through in the classroom, where we spend a number of sessions working through Bible books, it is especially noteworthy when spending a single, full day getting the big brushstrokes of a book. While I’m not going to begin to try and unpack the whole day here, there were some particularly helpful things that I figured I would share.

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