Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him How I proved Him, o’er and o’er Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus Oh for grace to trust Him more (Words by Louisa M. R. Stead) Back Then I thought I knew what hatred was. My passion back then was football and as a Liverpool fan the enemy were Manchester United. […]
Read More Anger, Hatred and GraceRelationships are interesting. Nothing beats a good relationship. There are different elements to relationships, and I believe there are different stages of relationships, based on me brief time on the earth. While I was working through some personal issues in the transition from Bletchley to Derby, I started thinking about stages of relationships. A few […]
Read More Discipleship – Learning To Live The Love LifeThe other day I was playing squash. Squash is my only intensive physical outlet. I have been playing for a few weeks now and can certainly feel the benefits. I usually play in a trio, so we play winner-stays-on. The others usually consist of an older guy called Howard who is still very good and […]
Read More Movement and ChoicesThis follows recent entries I’ve written about appreciating gospel partnership and then defining them based on my experiences. I felt it would be worth sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from pursuing them. In the first part of the lessons, I explored how it was worth pursuing as long as prayer was pivotal. In the second part, I considered opposition and […]
Read More Lessons From Pursuing Gospel Partnerships – Part ThreeThis follows recent entries I’ve written about appreciating gospel partnership and then defining them based on my experiences. I felt it would be worth sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from pursuing them. In the previous entry I explored how it was worth pursuing as long as prayer was pivotal. Here are some more lessons. Expect Opposition and Misunderstanding Now […]
Read More Lessons From Pursuing Gospel Partnerships – Part TwoI had scheduled to continue the series on gospel partnerships, but Alan Knox grabbed my attention with this blog concerning Tackling The Love Problem. Such was my interest that in beginning to answer his questions, it morphed into this. So the gospel partnerships series will continue after this brief interval. What is interesting about Alan’s […]
Read More My Response To Tackling The Love ProblemThis follows recent entries I’ve written about appreciating gospel partnership and then defining them based on my experiences. I felt it would be worth sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from pursuing them. It Is Well Worth Pursuing We are called to go into the world and make disciples. That is the call. Often we’re given […]
Read More Lessons From Pursuing Gospel Partnerships – Part OneAfter 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 PartnershipsThere were only three of us. We don’t really know each other that well, but have something in common in following Jesus Christ. We were looking at the section of 1 Corinthians covering chapters 12 to 14. Reading that together and exploring aspects of it – what it meant, what the consequences were in our […]
Read More Reminder To Grow Up – A Study Experience
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