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  • Why is, ‘You can do it’, so hard to say?

    It was late last night when Tany and I almost fell into the trap of watching a TV programme about teenagers who appeared to have swapped their lives in the UK for a place in a school in South Africa. That was what I took to be going on but as I didn’t see the [...]

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    Sep 16th, 2009 | Filed under Personal, Religious
  • A personal story of discipleship

    Thanks to Mark for this post – Time for some honesty – I’m finding it hard to get my head around applying discipleship to my life. This post has helped. Now as a disciple of Jesus I am with Him by choice and by His grace I am learning how to live in the Kingdom [...]

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    Aug 26th, 2009 | Filed under Religious
  • Optimistic (or deluded) over church growth

    The front page of this month’s Quadrant, a Christian Research publication, presents data stating that Christians are optimistic about the future of church attendance. Most are predicting an increase in the number of people that will be joining congregations across the country. I’d love to think that they are right, but somehow I’m not convinced. [...]

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    Jul 28th, 2009 | Filed under Religious
  • “Incarnation and translation” – A devotion for the Window on Wycliffe (WOW) course

    Yesterday morning (Wednesday) I was responsible for leading devotions for the group taking part in the Window on Wycliffe (WOW) course. We were looking at God’s incarnation in Jesus Christ and this being a translation of who God is into the world. The summary of what I did and say goes as follows… Activity Taking [...]

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    Jul 23rd, 2009 | Filed under Religious, Wycliffe
  • Legalistic, opinionated or right?

    Hamo has blogged about the issue of legalism in the church, he says, I went thru my own rather bizarre legalistic period as a teenager, but I am more and more coming to believe that the ability to truly leave legalism behind is a mark of Christian maturity – although the legalists will call it [...]

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    Jun 11th, 2009 | Filed under Religious
  • The God of all time

    I was at Redcliffe College on Tuesday night attending a lecture by Revd Dr Chris Wright. His title was “Prophet to the Nations” Missional Reflections on the Book of Jeremiah. He spoke about how the book of Jeremiah could be read from a missional point-of-view by using four themes… The missional framework of the biblical [...]

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    May 14th, 2009 | Filed under Religious
  • Weird and wonderful, the blogs I’ve been reading

    I need to share a few of the things I’ve been reading on the blogosphere recently. Hope you enjoy this mix. A film to make you smile. HT Eric Bryant Organised thinking Tips on organising your thinking, self motivation and following up on ideas from Paul Merril based upon the book, Hot Wiring Your Creative [...]

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    Apr 21st, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized
  • Visions – what’s next?

    Time out of the office isn’t always convenient, but there are some things that are worth investing in. Today it was the Wycliffe Vision morning that took up my time, but I’m so glad that I went. To share in some of the stories, hear of the successes of the past and consider the challenges [...]

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    Apr 8th, 2009 | Filed under Religious, Wycliffe
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