Tag: paul

Pray With an Open Bible

Pray With an Open Bible

As a younger Christian I used to frequent a second hand book store that was equal parts quality—in terms of titles—and cringe, in just about every other way. For example,...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
10 Oct 2024
Amid Modern Pressures, Remember Paul's Priorities for Pastoral Ministry

Amid Modern Pressures, Remember Paul's Priorities for Pastoral Ministry

In his Call to Spiritual Reformation, D. A. Carson lists a few modern pressures faced by pastors. He says:

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
24 Nov 2022
The Sabbath in 1 Thessalonians And Acts 17

The Sabbath in 1 Thessalonians And Acts 17

Last year I presented a short homily on 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. Chances are if you’ve ever heard a sermon or study on 1 Thessalonians then you’re aware that some of...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
30 Mar 2021
Philippians 3:17-21 Devotional

Philippians 3:17-21 Devotional

Philippians 3:17-21. Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do....

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
03 Nov 2020
3 Timothy

3 Timothy

Paul’s Third Epistle to Timothy: A Satire

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
17 Sep 2020

Pastor, You are Dispensable

The confluence of social media, celebrity pastor culture, hugely successful churches and the millennial assumption that everyone is exceptional has lead many pastors to a dangerously over-exaggerated view of themselves....

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
20 Feb 2019

Doodle: Driscoll, Perilous Negativism, and the Apostle Paul

Reading through 1 and 2 Timothy recently, it interested me that Paul does not instruct his deputy to adopt a purely combative approach to the false teachers who had crept...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
12 Aug 2014

The Law, Galatians, And 'The Shawshank Redemption'

Towards the end of last year I preached on Galatians 3:15-29. We had been working through the book in the evening service at Tokai Community Church and in our midweek...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
23 Apr 2013