To be a man after God's own heart. Then to lead, labour, inspire and encourage others to be the same
Over the last few years I’ve undertaken a few self-initiated study and personal development projects. A couple of examples: – Working through Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology book, taking notes and reflecting on the questions for each chapter. – Taking an online course at Biola Learn on Spiritual Formation and reading through Robert Mullholland’s books all…
Occasionally God interrupts my morning quiet time routine. These are exciting times and more often than not, I love to engage with Him in this. Today He presented a near-forgotten memory to my mind and asked me to ‘wrestle’ with Him over it. Bible down and prayer begins. When I was a teenager and up…
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…
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…
I want to praise my God. Publicly, not for my benefit, but because He has blessed me richly. I am married to a beautiful woman, who loves God and is actively pursuing His calling on her life, who writes fantastic music and spurs me on in my faith. We live in a fantastic apartment, and…
