To be a man after God's own heart. Then to lead, labour, inspire and encourage others to be the same
Peter Drucker, known for much sage advice, has said that: ‘Time is inelastic (it can’t be stretched), irreplaceable (it can’t be replaced or reclaimed), and indispensable (it can’t be done without)!’ In other words, time is important and how we manage it is also important. In order to manage our time well, it helps to…
Here’s a nagging question I have. Has the Western Church, the evangelical-reformed bubble of it anyway, made Church leadership a position held only by the educated elite? It’s not just the evangelical-reformed group either, to become a priest in the Church of England requires a degree, and if not in theology will need further training.…
ROLES: The most significant role Jesus played, at least for me, was that of a teacher. Throughout the gospel Jesus assumed the role of a teacher and taught, using parables, questions and resorting to Old Testament Scripture to defend Himself, illustrate ideas and challenge listeners. Other significant roles included: providing direction and purpose to the…
There we go, there’s a nice, big, blocky, pixilated photo for you all to fix your eyes upon. I’m sure we’ll all enjoy zooming in and out of that with the tiny smartphone screens. Thanks for stopping by. I wanted to share the contents of a chapter I read today from Mike Breen’s book: Building…
One of the significant activities God has been leading me into over the last 5 months is the process of ‘stepping out of ministry’. This has been an interesting time and I’ve learnt a lot. I wanted to share a bit of that journey and what it’s all been like. Since October 2017, I have…
So then, Jesus heals the woman. Whoopie! Everyone is delighted. The woman is praising God. The disciples are probably hi-fiving. “Here comes Revival!”. …Hang on a minute, the synagogue leader is not smiling… “There are 6 days to work, come on one of those days to be healed” – he declares. Interestingly his accusation isn’t…
In order to complete this section I used Biblegateway to find all the passages where Righteousness and Justice were mentioned and then did a limited topical Bible study on these sections. Before going into the study I want to talk about the connection between worship and justice mentioned in Isaiah 1. These verses didn’t come…
I just wanted to spend a few posts sharing some of my course writings for FFM, they’re from the Old Testament module, and this term we’re looking at the prophets and history books. What are the causes of God’s judgement in Isaiah and what does this reveal about God’s heart? I have divided the causes…
Excuse the pun. Last weekend I was away at some training for my Foundation For Ministry course with the Navigators. It’s a three year course covering basics in modules for ministry. This year we’re looking at Personal development and growth Old Testament Evangelim Church History We have a load of assignments set, and some reading…
