Tag: gifts

Overemphasising Service Can Lead To Underemphasising Gifts

Overemphasising Service Can Lead To Underemphasising Gifts

In this post I want to explore the distinction between service and gifts in the local church. My working thesis is that larger churches draw heavily on service but do...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
03 Mar 2022
Is Your Church A Cruise Liner Or A Racing Yacht?

Is Your Church A Cruise Liner Or A Racing Yacht?

Long before my suspicion of maritime analogies, I remember preaching on Ephesians 4 and using the crew of a boat to illustrate a common church problem. I argued that very...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
20 Apr 2021

Doodle: Keep Preaching to the Choir

“Now I know I’m preaching to the choir,” is something I have caught myself saying in the pulpit on numerous occasions, teaching on the importance of belonging to a local...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
14 Mar 2018

Why We Don't Serve in the Church

Last week I wrote a post unpacking part of John Calvin’s Institutes on gifts, the local church, and self-denial. Calvin shows that God is the giver of all that we...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
02 Mar 2018

John Calvin: Our Gifts and the Church

Though wisdom and my recent less than prodigious blogging record suggests that I should not commit to any sort of writing project, with this post I am setting out on...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
20 Feb 2018