Learning in the grip of grace blog

Robert Murray M’Cheyne often said to ministers “what your people need most from you is your personal holiness.” This flies in the face of so much church leadership talk. Because holiness doesn’t really get a mention does it? M’Cheyne is saying that the most important thing a leader needs is… Keep Reading >>

Robert Murray M’Cheyne often said to ministers “what your people need most from you is your personal holiness.” This flies in the face of so much church leadership talk. Because holiness doesn’t really get a mention does it? M’Cheyne is saying that the most important thing a leader needs is… Keep Reading >>

Leadership books sometimes make leadership too complex. Good leadership principles like any other principles should be easy to digest and understand. With that in mind I have distilled my thoughts on what a good leader is into seven things that all leaders need to have. Character. This is a given,… Keep Reading >>

Most meetings suck and are boring. They leave people unengaged and lacking motivation. That is why we hate meetings. What is the key you having great meetings? Conflict. Yes, conflict Not the I hate your guts type conflict or the political type conflict that can plague churches. Healthy conflict is… Keep Reading >>

I am not an Anglican but I have been profoundly influenced by the Anglican Church and I am so thankful for years of being faithfully taught the bible at Anglican churches and I am thankful for my time at Moore College. The Sydney diocese is a very influential diocese not… Keep Reading >>

We Become What we Worship by Greg Beale. This book is a biblical theology showing how we resemble what we revere for ruin or restoration. Beale shows that this theme is pervasive in the bible which opened up the bible in a new way for me. I also found the… Keep Reading >>

One of my greatest heroes is Paul. He was a man who loved his people with great passion and intensity and he was a great pastor. In 1 Thessalonians 2 we get a glimpse of ‘Paul the pastor’ as he reminded the Thessalonians of how he cared for them. Therefore… Keep Reading >>

“To make sin even more difficult to see, it often rides on the back of many good things. For example, work is a good thing , but sin can take it and exalt it to the point where it rules us. We become workaholics who say we are doing it… Keep Reading >>

Resolved exists to impact the city of Sydney with the love of Jesus, for God’s glory. We want this impact to go beyond the lifetime of the current members of the congregation. If God should will it, we want Resolved to be impacting Sydney and the world with the love… Keep Reading >>

If you haven’t heard the latest blow up in the blogosphere here it is. Andy Stanley, a megachurch pastor from Atlanta in the States preached a message called “When Gracie Met Truthie” which was based on John 1:14. The point of the passage is that Christians and churches need to… Keep Reading >>

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The Author

Hans Kristensen

Hans is the Lead Pastor of Resolved. He grew up in a small rural town and became a Christian at the age of fourteen when he tried to hit on a hot chick who told him about Jesus. Hans subsequently forgot about the chick and became totally blown away by Jesus. Follow these links for:

- Diary of a Church Planter blog
- Resolved Church Sydney