Pray…no longer a four letter word. Here in the U.K. the story of Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba has been shocking, heartbreaking, full of hope and full of faith. Muamba collapsed during a football game with a heart attack at age 23. After literally dying on the pitch the game was abandoned as the medical profession [...]
Been reading through Luke’s Gospel in the ol Español, and was very struck by the section – so won’t quote it all, from Luke 19:28-21:38. Not sure how it all fits together… but we have the entry to Jerusalem through to the Coming of the Son of Man. Seems to be some sort of mirroring: [...]
Is there a letter, a letter for me? The problem we have with the Bible is that because it primarily gets used for preaching and teaching it ends up as nothing more than a text book. Something we use to get a train of thought or doctrine or facts on a certain theological subject. Then [...]
Under a cloud This past Sunday here in the U.K. we just had Mother’s Day. For the past few years it has been a bit of a difficult day since losing my Mum to cancer seven years ago. It brings back memories of her and the loss experienced in m life. My mum was not [...]
Either interesting or just a cheeky Scripture: One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. (Titus 1:12,13). Now let us assume we subscribed to a ‘every word is inerrant, infallible etc.’ approach to Scripture. Not too good if one were born [...]
Pioneer- 1)One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle. 2)One who opens up new areas of thought, research, or development. 3)Leading the way; trailblazing. 4)To open up (an area) or prepare (a way). 5) an innovator or developer of something new. 6)a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part [...]
Clock Struck Thrice I always sit up and take notice when something seems to crop up on more than one occasion in a short period of time. A bit like in Scripture when a word is written more than once, i.e. holy, holy, holy, it does not necessarily mean it was said three times but [...]
“Change will have to come from outside, from the margins. The desert, not the temple, gave us the prophets.” Wendell Berry Where do I stand? I totally love this quote that I read this week. There is a sense in so many that there is the cry coming from the margins. I have blogged before [...]
Flying colours. Over the last week have been thrown into thinking mode by one of my friends Facebook status updates. He and his wife and son have just been to America and of course there is the good old flight to and from the States. On the way out from Heathrow they got bumped up [...]
I am glad that the ‘I believe in sin’ raised a few (unresolved) issues. Continuing to try to get to some of the core ‘what I believe’ stuff this one is in some ways related to that earlier post. Some of the same dilemmas arise here as we consider the implications of this belief. There [...]
Living Room, Living Conversation This weeks blog takes it’s inspiration from a living room conversation that I had with a great friend Tony John. Tony and Pat are a couple that I love so much, walking paths, pioneering paths, living paths. They knew what it was to walk a more ‘liquid’ expression of church before [...]
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:
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
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Affirmation for humanity
The resurrection is God’s beyond-cast-iron guarantee to life as we know it, and the invitation to life beyond what we know.