Andrew S M Clark

(Lim uses an Americanised Z in Kingdomization, so I will do that here in that word and others to avoid flipping all the z and s appearances!) Recently I read David Lim’s chapter, A Biblical Missiology of Kingdomization through Disciple Multiplication Movements of House Church Networks, in Motus Dei, edited by Warwick Farrah, and found … More From Missional Discipleship to Kingdomization: Reflections on Reading David Lim

The glorious truth is that God wants a people — it’s all he wants. He wants us, and the whole cosmos, restored to him. How is he doing that? By sending Christ to retake the throne, inviting us to pledge allegiance to him in repentance and obedient faith, and sending his Holy Spirit to transform … More God is coming home

My attention was recently drawn by Dr Gavin Ortlund to writings of Justin Martyr, describes a Christian gathering in the mid-second century it still sounds remarkably like the New Testament. His account in First Apology offers a window into a church that is already ordered, communal, and flowing out of the apostolic pattern. Far from … More The Shape of Early Christian Worship: Justin Martyr and the New Testament

With there being so many things I’m reading as part of my doctoral studies just now that don’t necessarily fit into the final research paper I’m doing (as in, it won’t be in the final document), I will be sharing a few things here on my blog as a way of just getting stuff out … More Engaging Scotland’s Spiritual Landscape: A New Gospel Approach

‘How then shall we live?’ This is a questions we who are companions of the Northumbria Community are encourage to ask. In light of the massive story of God and his engagement with the world, in the light of Christ, and in the light of the horrors, terrors, beauties and confusions of our world, how … More How then shall we live?

I often enjoy the time in-between Christmas and New Year – especially after the busyness of ministry in the lead up to Christmas. Yes, it’s a time to put the feet up a little, but it has always been a valuable refresh time for me – a time to look back and take stock. More … More Reflections on the Year-End: A Time for Renewal

Advent moves on a pace, with plenty of extra festive events popping up here and there. I can’t pretend it’s not a bit of an overwhelming time, when there is a little bit of an extra pressure ‘from somewhere’ to preform that bit better – maybe something to do with wanting to help make people’s … More Enhancing Your Prayer Life: Embracing Liturgical Prayer

My upcoming 3 day retreat coincides very neatly with the beginning of ‘Celtic Advent’ – this being a full 40 day period before Christmas, and dating back to the Celtic Christian’s affinity to Christian Orthodoxy. It begins on the evening of 15th November through to Christmas Eve. Back up a step – why would anyone … More Celtic Advent dawns…

I have discovered over the years that the monastic disciplines of silence; quiet spiritual reading; working away with my hands (thus the knitting); handwriting large chunks of scripture; elements of fasting from many things; and reducing my output and interaction with the world are incredibly spiritually nourishing, and I will not exchange those practices which … More The Rhythm of Stepping Away…

We’re in a spiritual battle. This is one of the predominant themes of the entirety of the scriptures, old and new. The battle may sometimes find human expression, but undergirding is the activity of the Satan and his rebellion which seeks to usurp God’s intention to have a people for himself and to restore Eden. … More The Spiritual Battle