Category Archives: Personal Perspectives

Easter: the right date?

Easter, yes April 27th is coming… the date the Celtic church would be celebrating Easter this year. I wonder how different would things have been had the Celtic church held out and did not submit to the Roman? It has been this that motivated Steve and the others to walk to Rome and now on [...]

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St Patrick’s Day

Having just been in Canterbury, and there over the ides of March, it is refreshing to come to St Patrick’s Day and to read his prayer (I enclose a version of it below). On my web site I have added a section that will shape up to facilitate community discussion – for those registered. One [...]

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Burton on Trent

I have just completed a weekend here, with a Friday night based on the prophetic (I talked on the Prophet as Sign) and then a Saturday on strategic warfare. Just great to know that there is a base which is focused like this as we need this rhythm in the nation. I am a believer [...]

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COPP in Colchester

I am glad to let you know that COPP is beginning to take some shape. Chris Meredith is starting in Colchester and dates in the Black Country will soon be finalised too. Chris writes: A company of prophetic people will be running in Colchester from April to July (dates below). These 4 day-long sessions will [...]

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Milestones

What a great day. Some days seem more filled with significant signposts than others. I travelled here to the Black Country last night, staying with a couple that I respect and with whom there is a developing friendship. It has been a privilege to journey with them on an adventure that has taken them to [...]

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Bradford: strategy of the twos and threes

When travelling to Bradford I saw a new release for small ad hoc groups to make adventures into the enemy’s camp – like Jonathan and his armour bearer. This might not fit well into centralised strategy, but the next phase is of a strategy that the Lord puts together – even when we do not [...]

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Eschatology

Don’t expect too much yet, as this one could be a long one, but I have begun to write on Israel and her future destiny at (for those not registered): eschatology. This is somewhat complex and will take some time to complete, but at least I am having a good time in putting this together. [...]

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Art…

I arrived home this morning – it is so good to come home even if the washing machine has decided it is sick and not able to function. So art… yes one of the gates, and God is an artist – check out why he made trees… and then that resurrection body, I think will [...]

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Merging of machines and humans

Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029… humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted in people’s brains to make them more intelligent… Ray Kurzweil, the engineer, believes machines and humans will eventually merge through devices implanted in the body to boost intelligence and health. “It’s really part of [...]

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Emerging: definitions and a crisis

Michael Patton has an interesting discussion on ‘An Emerging Definition of “Emerging” here. A few points from his blog says: The emerging church is not a church And by this he means that you are not able to go to an emerging church as it is more than an assembly, or a way of meeting. [...]

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Act small… let change happen

I am in Germany for this coming week. First in Vaihingen where I have been on some 5 or so previous occasions. This time they asked me to address the whole aspect of the church as organic. I am hoping to learn something as we look at this. I am convinced that if we have [...]

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Apologies and a non-apologetic!!

‘Aborigines open Canberra session’ so reads the BBC web site. Further moves of public reconciliation. There has been much prayer into this over years. Here is a fun link: the guy is serious!!! He holds that the KJV of the Bible is the inerrant word of God: click here but do not go in search [...]

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Recent magazine comments

The 'Gates' of society

Gates

Much of the material that will be central to these posts will cover perspectives on the 'gates' of society, the places of influence that shape the culture. If transformation is a desired outcome, such aspects as strategic prayer and understanding the redemptive gifts of places will play their part. As prayer opens up space, filling it will be vital, not in a controlling, top-down sense, but with a servant spirit. Finding appropriate terminology is difficult. Maybe 'transformation' is not the right term, perhaps 'transfiguration', where inner qualities burst through.

I have chosen to use the term 'gates' and although they can be defined any number of ways these are the seven ways I have chosen to group them by:

  • Arts & entertainment
  • Business, commerce & trade
  • Education & training
  • Family & community
  • Health, science & technology
  • Media & communication
  • Politics, government, law & order

Download in epub/mobi

E-formatting

These are in two formats. Epub can be read in many ereaders, such as Ipad, kobo etc.; if using a kindle then the format will be mobi. If there are difficulties in reading the format an internet search should show any peculiarities for your specific ereader

Vol 1.1 Epub format   Vol 1.1 Mobi format

Vol 1.2 Epub format   Vol 1.2 Mobi format

Vol 1.3 Epub format   Vol 1.3 Mobi format

Vol 1.4 Epub format   Vol 1.4 Mobi format