This is a great call to arms for those who follow Christ. I imagine the whole army of the Lord taking their responsibilities seriously in the warfare and today once more making great conquests for the sake of the Kingdom in loving God and each other to the praise and glory of the Lord of […]
Read More DMCD Songs: O Church Arise – Stuart Townend(Remember the Prayer Points for this week) This morning I posted a current favourite on me playlist, Marvin Winans’ singing The Winans classic ‘For We May Never Know‘. In that song I suggested you listen carefully to the lyrics and as with most classics you could spend considerable time on different parts of the song. […]
Read More In It For The RewardSteven Silvia. Never heard of him. Yet he puts together this beautiful evocative video mentioning the simplicity of a prayerful life that says who do I have, who am I without God? And answers, I am nothing. Thus God is all and everything. That simplicity, that memory, that focus and that desire to pursue all […]
Read More Simple PrayerYou thought I would just let it go, right? I got my little blogs out and that would be enough. Not quite yet. Not yet by a long chalk. There was the initial desire for Christian community – I’ll keep you updated. There was the consideration of Michael Frost’s definition of the purpose of the […]
Read More No, Really, What Is The Church?(Please check this week’s Prayer Points) I did two of my favourite things today – went to a church gathering and watched a football match. My engagement with both is the set-up for a look at something rather important to how I currently view life. I’m a bit concerned (No. 15 of 101 Understatements of the […]
Read More Church Life – Observing or ParticipatingI recently expressed the craving I have for Christian community and people might mention the word church and I wouldn’t stop people from doing that, and that would neatly bring me onto the subject of what on earth is the church for – good question that, if you get where I’m coming from – what […]
Read More What’s The Church For?Introduction Friday evenings. Back when I was growing up (not that I’ve stopped, you understand) at home with my siblings and parents (in reverse order, obviously), this evening was significant. TV would be turned off. The football magazines or comics would have to be put away. Before sun-set any necessary house chores were quickly completed. […]
Read More Prayer Points (WE-110108)And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. (Matthew 9:15) He is a love story. There’s the salvation bit. There’s the family reconciliation bit. All crucial parts to […]
Read More Jesus Is … The BridegroomI enjoy the ‘making of’ features on DVD’s, I like the background and motivations for the final product that I see. So I want to give some insight into the making of this morning’s Jesus Is … on the True Vine. First of all, that was not the plan. For a matter of days I […]
Read More Being FruitfulI am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:1, 5) Being productive, living up to purpose, delivering and fulfilling all that […]
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