in 1 Peter 4 we see four clear attributes of healthy church life: “Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace […]
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Church Unity
Sometimes, simply allowing scripture to speak is the best approach to tackling a subject. Why don’t you read the following words, very slowly, and then imagine a church community living this to the max. After a few minutes revisit that imaginary church but include yourself in the mix and see what impact it has upon how […]
Old Testament Monotheism
The following is taken from Christopher Wright’s excellent book ‘The Mission of God’: A broad outline of Old Testament Monotheism: The Lord alone is In relation to the heavens, the earth and all the nations: Creator The Lord made them Ps 33:6-9; Jer 10:10-12 Owner The Lord owns them Ps 24:1; 89:11; Deu 10:14 […]
My Final Day
Today is my final day working for Life Church. I am seriously blessed to have been part of such a great church for these past seven and half years! If I was to try and sum up these last years in just a few words this is what I would go for: Vision – from […]
Love of Christ and hatred of sin
The following is a beautifully challenging line from one of the prayers from ‘The valley of vision’ (a collection of puritan prayers and devotions): “I will not love a world that crucified him, neither cherish nor endure the sin that put him to grief.”
The Outflow of the Gospel
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God” – 2 Cor 1:3-4 Here in these verses […]
The General Election: How should I engage?
Today I stumbled across a document I wrote for Life Church back at the last General Election (May 2015). Reading through it, apart from the references to local contexts, I think little has changed in how I would want to encourage people to engage in the forthcoming (2017) election. Why not take a read 1504_The__General_Election_and_You
