Where is the line?
Where is the line? The line which if crossed means I do not believe the person I am talking to should be a minister in Christ’s Church, because I am not even sure they are followers of Christ Jesus. And I really do have a line! I come from the more ‘fundamental’ part of the…
Sometimes you have to wrestle with God
I’d like us to spend a little time with Jacob. The core of his story can be found between Genesis 25 and Genesis 35. His birth is interesting. He is a twin. He and his brother Esau jostle in the womb before they are born and when they are born, Esau is born first, and…
It’s got to be about Mystery, Awe and Wonder
My youngest son started secondary school a few years ago. The thought of going to ‘big school’ was causing him some concern. Not in a small way because his brother (my middle child) had convinced him that every new arrival in ‘big school’ had to go through something called ‘swirlies’. It seems the traditions continue…
Christianity is about our response to four key words
He’d met Jesus, so his brother had to meet him too. That’s how it all began. Andrew brings Peter to meet Jesus. Peter the hot headed fisherman from Bethsaida meets Jesus. This is the gospel of John Chapter 1. This is the start. Peter is a fisherman. He would have come from a long line…
But Samuel remained in Ramah
At the end of the Epistle to the Hebrews there is a list of people that the writer says he doesn’t have time to talk about. It is an extraordinary list of individuals, and despite the writer of the Epistles reluctance, I want to write about one of them and maybe in doing so, show…
Faith in the Family
I have three children. At the time of writing, Nia is 20, Owen is 18. and Elliot is 14. They are all different. Very individual. Different motivators, different temperaments, but all great fun. I became a Christian when I was 15. When my wife and I had children we were in effect first generation followers…
More children needed in our churches…
The simple reality is left to their own devices all churches grow older, become increasingly inward Child evangelism – communicating Jesus to boys and girls who don’t go to church with their families – is the key to church growth. And how else can those children who don’t have Christian parents hear the gospel? I…