How To Grow A Spiritually Mature Church – Essential Steps For Leaders
When we ‘give our lives to Christ’ we don’t just give him our past sins, we actually die to the old Βίος (Bios) life in order to receive the everlasting Ζωή (Zoe) life!
When The Heat Is On – Staying Strong in God During Spiritual Dry Times
When the heat is on and the ground feels dry, remember your life is not rooted in the season but in the stream. Seasons will change, but the water never runs dry.
Curses, Blessings and Spiritual Battles – What Balaam & Barak Teach Us
It's not just the strange tale of a talking donkey. Numbers 22 has a lot to tell us about blessings and curses and how words work God's way.
Nobody changes the world alone. Discover five practical servant-leadership principles for strengthening staff and volunteer teams, and join a unique affordable UK learning opportunity with Chick-fil-A leaders at Ivy Church Manchester.
Many assume science has buried belief in God. Has it really? In this first talk from our God’s Book series at Ivy Church, I explore one of the biggest questions of our age: can science and Christian faith coexist? The evidence may surprise you.
Many Christians know how to talk to God. Fewer have learned how to simply be with Him.
Prayer begins with seeking, but matures into finding.
Whatever storm is blowing outside of me, there’s a fortress inside my heart, and in there is a throne. In prayer – I have to look at that throne and see what or who is on it right now, and if it’s anyone or anything but Jesus – He wants to sit there and rule from that place.
AI is reshaping work. Debt keeps rising. Young people struggle to imagine a stable future. Public systems strain under growing pressure while politics becomes ever more reactive and tribal. Beneath the noise lies a deeper question about culture, human nature and the kind of society we are becoming.
As AI therapy apps and digital affirmation become part of everyday life, what’s the danger of confusing validation with resilience? This thoughtful and challenging article explores the limits of artificial comfort, spiralling self-care culture, and why real inner formation still requires truth, suffering, community, grace, and hope.
Life moves in seasons. In this reflective and practical guide, we explore the four stages of life – Mimic Others, Make a Difference, Multiply Impact, and Meaning & Legacy – through biblical wisdom, leadership insights, and honest lessons about purpose, identity, growth, and faith.
Contrary to so much of the position-pushing that even goes on in denominations, cathedrals, networks and churches, Scripture shows repeatedly that leaders who carry lasting authority are usually people who genuinely want more of God Himself. Not ministry success. Not in it for influence. Not going for growth.
Just God.
Breakthrough rarely starts with strategy – it starts with prayer.
In Nehemiah, we see a leader move from comfort to calling through a simple but powerful pattern: Burden, Revelation, Examination, Agreement, Knock.
And the door will be opened…
I’m writing this on a Saturday evening, feeling the weight many leaders know well – drained, yet still carrying responsibility. Psalm 26 shows where real restoration begins.