'In those days there was no King in Israel and everyone did what was right in their own eyes'
For my Grandchildren
Easter and the Strange Case of the Cheshire Cat
‘How then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone telling them?’
Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width – The ‘Success’ Illusion
“Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some people seem to think….it is wounding work …. this breaking of hearts - but without wounding there is no saving” And without saving there is no Kingdom Growth!
The Forgetting of Light
The Church’s reason for existence is to shine the light of God in the deepening spiritual darkness, to exude the fragrance of heaven that will drive away the stench of hell on the nostrils, which permeates the lives of those stumbling in that darkness. It cannot do this however when it hides behind its walls, whether bespoke building or house, it is the same
In Times Like This – A Song for the Black Times
In times of trouble, whether relational, financial, serious, even terminal, illness, when it may appear that all the foundations and structures of life, all the things upon which they have relied, all hopes for the future, seem to be in danger of being washed away, people often turn to the Old Testament book of Psalms. The main reason for this is that the Psalms are songs that cry out of the depths of the human heart. cries that express the full range of human emotions from shouts of joy and praise to anguished cries of despair.
Into the Cesspool of Spiritual and Moral Bankruptcy
‘to rebuild western civilization, we need to go back to what made western civilization such a powerful force for good and prosperity and that is the Judeo-Christian world view.' Karl Faase
An Unbounded Church Thinking Point
'If your God is the all-powerful, all-loving being you claim him to be, why didn’t he intervene to stop this happening? The fact that he didn't means that he is either not all-powerful or all-loving'.
DiscipleMakers – Opening Doorways into the Gospel
This booklet, seeks to provide some conversation starters that we might be able to use in informal situations with individuals or groups. All the examples included have been and are being used by DiscipleMakers in such informal situations.
An Iconic Year?
The purpose of being in the Image of God, our King, is to use our lives in ways that are a Kingdom presence such that we represent God to others
That Ancient Serpent, That Ancient Poison
‘The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.’
