What is the greatest threat to the church in our generation? I wonder how you would answer that question. Maybe you would say it’s liberalism, a moving away from the biblical teaching on certain points. Perhaps you’d be more specific and say that it’s the lack of reverence and devotion of people today and aContinue reading “Learning to Shepherd: Local vs. Famous Pastors”
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Ministry Friendships Beyond Pastors
One of the topics that is often spoken about in conferences for pastors and others in ministry is friendship. Plenty of books and blog posts have also been written on the importance of having friends, who are also in ministry, who can encourage, challenge and help you. I think it’s a completely necessary to haveContinue reading “Ministry Friendships Beyond Pastors”
The Christian Diet
There comes a time in most peoples’ lives when they consider the kind of food that they take into their body. We’re not designed to run as peak performance on fast food and little fruit and vegetables. There seems to be a renewed push towards considering what you consume with more adverts, health related newsContinue reading “The Christian Diet”
Sermon Series
Today I thought I would give you a little sneak-peak into one aspect of my work as a Pastor. I wanted to share with you a little about the sermon series documents that I write for a sermon series. I decided to do this today because I’ve just finished writing one on Hebrews, one onContinue reading “Sermon Series”
What’s required for revival?
One of the things you’ll often hear Christians pray for is revival. This is maybe more in the forefront of people’s minds recently with the so called ‘Asbury Revival’. As Christians we long for a work of the Lord to awaken spiritually dead souls, to take people from darkness and sin to light and freedomContinue reading “What’s required for revival?”
The purpose of a Sunday service
What is the purpose of a church service? If you ask a church of 50 people, you will probably get 50 different answers. People focus on the things that they are naturally drawn towards, for some that may be the singing, for others the fellowship and for others it may be worshipping God. There isContinue reading “The purpose of a Sunday service”
Gracious reminders
It’s easy to get comfortable. It’s easy to begin to think that we can manage on our own. The message our world promotes is one of independence, self-reliance and individualism. But is that all real or a façade that we often play along to?
How to read more in 2024
It’s that time of year again, social media is full with pictures of books that people received at Christmas, reading goals are being put into the world and some are asking the question “how can I read more in 2024?”. Personally, I think it’s a good thing. I think reading is a good discipline thatContinue reading “How to read more in 2024”
Learning Contentment This Christmas
A few years ago Sabine, my wife, and I were watching a Christmas movie and one of the songs caught our attention. Here are some of the lyrics; “You can keep your peace on earth You can keep your holy birth Keep your frankincense and myrrh Christmas cheer, whats that worth I want something IContinue reading “Learning Contentment This Christmas”
Flippancy doesn’t honour God or others
Being a Pastor is an unusual job, I often get told I don’t look like a Pastor, which I take as a massive compliment! When non-believers find out what I do for a living they normally respond in one of the following ways; 1. “Sorry, I’m not religious” 2. “I used to go to SundayContinue reading “Flippancy doesn’t honour God or others”
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