I don’t think it’s any coincidence that Alicia Keys and Alan Knox have the same initials. Far be it from me to suggest that Knox in his spare time is be found being an innovator in the R’n’B world (and also the opposite gender). It is my contention, however, that some of the things that […]
Read More Alan Knox – This Man Is On FireI could complain about a number of things – the state of the world, the state of the country, the state of the city, the state of the community, the state of the church. I could do that, but what’s the point? Complaining hasn’t improved anything – it is actually addressing the issue that has […]
Read More Nightchurch: Doing Something Right By Sharing The LightI’m not what I want to be, but thank God I’m not what I used to be. I have heard that line and variations of it for quite some time now. It can get so familiar that it loses its significance and can be somewhat cliche. Thankfully every now and then things happen to actually […]
Read More The Gospel: What Has Changed and What Is Changing?I think Alan Knox wrote about it not long ago. (Check Knox in How Specialisation Harms as well as The Church As A Team Of Player-Coaches) It is something that has been on my mind for a while especially at a time when there are some I know who are exploring spiritual gifts. Paul is […]
Read More Spiritual Gifts: It Is Not About Being SpecialistsRT @lensweet Being a “good Christian” (ie “good Methodist,” “good Catholic,” “good Baptist”) is not the same as being a follower of Jesus So I come across this superb tweet by the incomparable Leonard Sweet. Being the good tweeter that I am I go on to retweet it. A beloved sister notes it and queries […]
Read More Being ‘A Good Christian’ vs. Following JesusOne of the reasons why I love my wife is because we have conversations that can lead to blog entries. There are other reasons – she is beautiful after all – but this is a good reason for the purposes of this entry. We spoke of a hypothetical situation. Here is the situation. Ron and […]
Read More When Do You Blow The Whistle?In itself there is nothing wrong with forms and routine. We are conditioned towards them even through things like day following night, winter and then summer and so on. There are rhythms of life that rightly help us determine what is going on. There is a problem, however, when the form becomes a formula and […]
Read More Faith Beyond The FormulaicIt is true that sometimes the worst advert for Jesus Christ are the people who purport to follow Him. Let me bring that closer to home, sometimes I am the worst advert for Jesus Christ through my behaviour. It’s sometimes lax, apathetic and somewhat aloof to the situation that people struggle with every day. It […]
Read More I Will Be There For You – When Church Is Really ChurchThere was four of us seated round the table laughing about things like how you were considered a young man in the church until you reached 70 by which time you were sent to a home. Laughing stopped when we agaon considered the words of Jesus regarding aspects of the cost of discipleship. Anyone coming […]
Read More Creating the Culture for Cross CarriersThe woman told me she belonged to a fellowship. This woman, who for the sake of the argument we’ll call Alison (not her real name), did not know I was a Christian. I don’t always jump at every opportunity to say ‘Snap’ whenever I come across a professing believer. Alison was a lot more open […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Confessional Community?
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