Paraklesis
[‘encouragement’, ‘exhortation’, for life and ministry]
June 2023
Peter Adam
Dear friends,
‘Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour’ [I … Read the rest
Links
The Reformation and Renewal of Anglicanism
I recently gave a Lecture for the Anglican Institute at Ridley College on the Reformation and Renewal of Anglicanism [September 2022],
You will find the Lecture at:
Create in me a clean heart
Dear friends and fellow-workers,
Time for a medical! Let’s test your life, actions, words.
Here are the three tests; please administer them to yourself.
- ‘The mouth speaks what the heart
To the praise of God’s glory
Dear friends,
Like many older people, I often reflect on the shape of the life I have lived. This January is significant for me. It is 40 years since I … Read the rest
The extraordinary ordinary
In extraordinarily ordinary lives, we live to the praise of God’s glory!!!
Dear friends, we tend to look for God’s glory in extraordinary lives, great achievements, significant success in ministry, … Read the rest
A praying church
Dear friends,
Here is a vision of a praying church:
… Read the restThis, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your
Lift up your eyes
Dear friends, Greetings from Melbourne, where we are still coping with Covid 19 restrictions, and many of us are stressed. What should we do when life and ministry are unpredictable, … Read the rest
Do you love God? Do you love the Lord Jesus?
Dear friends, When I arrived at St Thomas’ Richmond in December 1967 as a humble theological student to preach my first sermon, to four people, a small girl met me … Read the rest
Prayer; praise-filled, thanks-filled, trust-filled
Dear friends, I hope you are doing the hard slog of intercessory prayer. I find it so moving that in his letter to the Colossians Paul tells them that he … Read the rest