After the recent post on appreciating gospel partnerships, it occurred to me it might be of some use sharing some lessons I’ve learnt in pursuing them. I hope to share those in an upcoming post. I am not arrogant enough to believe I have the answers in this area or am in any way an […]
Read More What Is A Gospel Partnership?One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon … Peter looked straight at him, as did John. (Acts 3:1, 4) There was this Christian organisation for whom I volunteered. They would mention the partnerships they had with other organisations. To a large extent those partnerships appeared […]
Read More Valuing Gospel PartnershipsTherefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. (Acts 6:3) Recently I had the opportunity to observe a national church conference elect its executive board. Taking in the proceedings and following on from my post about reference to personal examples, […]
Read More How Would You Choose Those To Serve?Perseverance. That word has been bothering me for the last week or so. It’s been bothering me, because I’ve come across it quite a number of times in studying scripture. The latest scripture was in 2 Peter 1:6, but to put in context here it is in verses 5-8. For this very reason, make every […]
Read More What Keeps Me Going – Hope In JesusThe vast majority of the time I enjoy writing these blog entries. As it is a voluntary activity it is something I do as a labour of love. There are times, however, when even the labour isn’t that onerous because of the delight I take in writing. The last entry looking at observations on the […]
Read More Building RelationshipsChain Blog Prelude This is part of a Chain Blog series initiated by Alan Knox over at The Assembling of the Church. For more information about what a chain blog is click here and what this series is about then click here. I have the honour of following Jim Puntney who wrote on The Treasure […]
Read More So The World May Know – Observations on the Road to UnityI was asked to share something about discipleship with a multi-generational group of people recently. As you may have gathered having a brief scan of this site, I take inspiration from various sources. On this occasion, I was inspired by the song above. Growing up my Mum loved her some Andrae Crouch. Like the dutiful […]
Read More Living This Kind Of LifeGotta blame Chris from Journeys in Hearts and Minds for this one. Alan Knox, kindly posted a blog entry pointing out at something I wrote not so long ago. Among those who commented was the aforementioned Chris. He said something that really inspired me. It reminded me again that life together is better. It really […]
Read More Together We’re Better Thanks To The Master EntanglerI really commend the importance of working in teams. As a loner – although that status is under growing scrutiny – I certainly still enjoy my own company. I get on well with me, and often find myself to be the most riveting of associates. (Did you know I am really funny, I never knew […]
Read More In Praise Of TeamsChurch at its best is when a group of people who otherwise have no reason to be together, find themselves entangled in each other’s lives as they are now members of the family of God. That family is not just a nominal one. It’s a messy one. It’s one with all sorts of oddballs. It’s […]
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