‘There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall…’
ANGELS AND DEMONS in books, movies and scripture
Tag: Jesus
Why Do We Say The Bible Has Authority And What Does That Mean?
Is the Bible the result of human endeavour or a divine/ divinely superintended book? How do we unite the history of it actually being written by real people in time, then edited etc., with the claim that God inspired the canonical texts?
The Church Does Not Need More Christians
The word disciple occurs 269 times in the New Testament. “Christian” is found three times. The New Testament is a book about disciples, by disciples, and for disciples of Jesus Christ, who made it clear that to follow him means we must become his disciple. But the church has made it possible for the vast majority of those in its ranks to be ‘Christians’ without becoming disciples of Jesus.
The churches of the Western world have not made discipleship a condition of being a Christian, so churches are filled with ‘undiscipled disciples’ – though of course in reality there is no such thing.
Slaves Do Tasks, Sons and Daughters Take Responsibility.
maybe because of Covid, people being ‘so busy’ etc how much I have shied away from asking people to serve. I make excuses for them before I even invite them – as if assuming the ‘no’.
Creating An Inter Generational Flourishing Church – Glyn Barrett
Some churches are only one generation and only think about their own generation. What about the other generations – to recreate God’s ideal family. Because his family is for all to belong and be connected.
LOUIE GIGLIO – LEADERSHIP and STEWARDSHIP
(Through Covid) None of us got it all right, none of us got it all wrong either. None of us got trained for this – but we had to be led by the Holy Spirit
MIKE PILAVACHI – – What Might God Be Saying About Church Going Forward?
We have come out of such a difficult time in the nation and the church. We’ve had so many questions we’ve felt so out of our depth. What might God be saying about the church going forward?
Flying In Fog – How To Lead When You Can’t See What’s Coming
A pilot in thick cloud has to now fly on instruments. What’s on the panel ahead of you that will mean you reach the intended destination rather than make a dent in a mountainside?
WHY WE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT RACE
Some say, ‘I wish the church could just get on with preaching the gospel’.
But racism is a denial of the gospel of Jesus Christ – from beginning, to middle and through to the end.
Jesus is my best friend, because he’s the friend of sinners
We don’t tend to focus on ‘friendship’ as an outcome of Jesus’ life and death, resurrection and friendship because, well, it’s not so much of a big deal is it? Not lined up alongside all those theological words like redemption and atonement. But what if really is the deal. That God wants to be with us, even though we have acted as his enemies, he wants us to be friends forever. What if those things in which we rightly glory are just the way into a room, the corridors, the hallway. But friendship, is the destination. Do we just hang out in the hall, or step into the room and sit at the table?