Therefore, 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?I asked this question on Twitter recently. Would you change your behaviour if you were shown, beyond any doubt, that it was ineffective, a waste of time and dangerous? That might seem like a fairly straightforward question to answer, until you compare it to experiences both observed and endured. I will talk about myself and […]
Read More Defeating The Power Of Negative ConditioningThere is the old television Catchphrase based on the premise that contestants watch an animated enaction of a famous catchphrase and they say what they see. I sat in a church service recently where there was talk about wanting to see the Holy Spirit in action in the lives of people bringing deliverance to support […]
Read More Church Life: Say It and See ItOn the surface it certainly is a compelling reason to take on board a church as being serious about what it’s about. We are a Bible believing church. Well that’s it then. Case closed. No arguments from anyone. Oh but wait. What on earth is meant by that? It’s in the Bible – so what? […]
Read More My Problem With Bible Believing ChurchesIn the last entry I started sharing a little bit about my story of understanding about money and its relation to what it is to be meek. That is to say that the real temptation in approaching the blessings of God is to contort them into things that should glorify me. Oh look money get […]
Read More Meekness and Humility – Real Keys to the Kingdom (Part Two)Being a Christian is a fascinating walk of peace in a war torn world. The older I get, the more I value the peace that comes from above. I treasure it as something very different from versions of peace that come from alternate sources. For example there is the version of peace where two warring […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is … Conflict and PeaceBetween 2006 and 2009 I was relatively active in aspects of community life in areas of Stoke-on-Trent. The church fellowship to which I played a role in various aspects of community life whether supporting city-wide carnivals, running community centres, supporting community initiatives, running training sessions for the disadvantaged, assisting with luncheon clubs for the elderly, […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is – Darkness and LightNot long ago I shared an experience I had – an encounter indeed – with the Holy Spirit. This week again I’ve been challenged about what happens when the Spirit of the Lord moves. As I mentioned in the previous article, if my understanding of the Holy Spirit was taken from some of what I […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Moves(I am aware that my blog entries can sometimes be on the long side. Sometimes I try to break that up with sub-headings and pictures. On this occasion it wasn’t right to do either. I just had to write, what was in me to write. This is a long piece, but I hope the words […]
Read More Let The Spirit Move: An Experience With The Holy SpiritThere is something about life with Christ that should be revelatory. By that I mean, just as a child we grew to become aware of things we were never aware of before and that changed us, so in Christ we become aware of things we were never aware of before and that should change us. […]
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