Tag Archives: growing like God

Motivated by profit or praise?

Share “The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached.” – Philippians 1:18 The BBC website is today reporting a about a company in China whose workers are encouraged to be Christian. … Continue reading

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What’s mine isn’t necessarily yours

Share Sunday morning Tany and I were back at Above Bar Church where we first met. It was good to be around old friends and great to see a Sunday morning service so full of kids. Paul was preaching on … Continue reading

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Praying through the ‘Lord’s prayer’ in community

Share This morning those of us still in the offices at Wycliffe Bible Translators met together to pray. Eddie led us through the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6. For those of you who have forgotten, the prayer goes something like … Continue reading

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Godly Living – Titus 2:11-15

Share On Sunday I was preaching at our home church, Cornerstone in Thame. You can listen to the audio and see the sermon notes either by clicking on the Talks and Seminars tab on the menu bar at the top … Continue reading

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Changing views

Share Ruth Hubbard is Vice-President of Communications for Wycliffe Bible Translators in the US. Recently she was in Guatemala, where Cameron Townsend – the founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators – first recognised the need for Bible translation. In a recent … Continue reading

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Praying for disasters shouldn’t be the last ditch option

Share I don’t know about you, but every time I hear about another plan to cap the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico I get hopeful all over again. Despite repeated reminders that no matter how powerful the human … Continue reading

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Looking forward

Share Yesterday evening I was back in Southampton for a meeting of the Focus trustees. The sun was shining as I arrived and driving through the side streets on the way to the meeting I was thinking about how nice … Continue reading

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Take action

Share I have been enjoying reading Urban Pastor’s blog – he’s based at Christ Church Balham (London). Today he wrote, But increasingly I’m finding that people are troubled by the ‘ought’ of the Christian life. They have an idea of … Continue reading

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Engage Team 2010 – a unique experience of mission

Share Each summer Wycliffe Bible Translators in the UK send teams of people to visit translation projects in different parts of the world. We call these Engage teams and this year there are planned 4 week trips to Cambodia, Indonesia … Continue reading

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God: New evidence

Share Do we live in a universe created by accident, or was there a design and a purpose behind our environment? God: New evidence is a series of videos examining some of the theory behind the universe, looking at the … Continue reading

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