For centuries the reaction to heresy has been dealt with using some pretty severe reactions. The Christendom church were particularly ‘efficient’ in some pretty gruesome punishments for any theological deviants. Pretty much everything that threatened the system was quite literally banished. Its easy to make the arguement that it was simply to protect the purity … More Embracing Heresy
I remember, some years ago, preaching a sermon on Ruth….about the wheat famine in Bethlehem, her moving away, and upon hearing rumour of their being a harvest due, she returns to Bethlehem (literally, the House of Bread) with her new family. My colleague preached on the passage a few weeks ago and it brought it … More Rumours around cold ovens
Those of us who find oursevles on the ‘Wesleyan’ side of the fence when it cmes to theology have a beautiful contribution to make on the theme of God’s activity in the world. Its not exclusive to Wesleyans of course, its biblical but the Calvinist would roughtly define the same idea as ‘common grace’ – … More Prevenient Grace
I’ve been an avid reader of Alan Hirsch’s stuff over the last couple of years. Firstly, there is the excellent ‘The Forgotten Ways‘ , truly on of the best books on activating a missional form of church and I’d even go as far as to say its one of the best books on mission I’ve … More Shema Spirituality
I’ve been a passionate student of revival and a pretty consistent pray-er for revival for a long time. For years, what I’ve meant by that is that the Holy Spirit would come and zap the church, there would be conviction, there would be salvation and salvation in numbers. Now, I think its still fairly safe … More ‘Here I am.. SEND me!’
Life for us at the moment is in one of those twilight periods. You know, at that point in the day when its not fully dark, you can see stuff, but its not fully light and so there is a bit of mystery. Now, you might think that this period of life would be like … More Unfolding Wisdom
Welcome to Kingdom Conspiracy! I hope you’ll join the ride here and be inspired, challenged, maybe educated a wee bit and most of all encouraged in your Jesus following. I hope as time goes on, through conversation and interaction, we’ll become co-conspirators to lift up the name of Jesus and his kingdom in this new … More Welcome to Kingdom Conspiracy
Hi guys, just a note to say that I’ve finished blogging here at Army Renewal for now. You may or may not know that our next step will be outside the ranks of the Army. I’ll be taking up a post at Trinity Church in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with responsibility for outreach, cell groups and other aspects … More Blog Pause!
So some church planting advice from Floyd McClung. The black type is his, the red type are my comments. Pray – Meet – Make – Gather – Multiply by Floyd McClung Pray. Pray fervently with God’s heart for the people you are reaching out to. Pray to meet people by “divine appointments.” Pray until you … More Five Planting Practices
Although some of you will be reading this on facebook, you may realise that most of these ‘notes’ are transported from my blog…this is one of those. Just to let you know that it is not my intention to stop blogging in the long term, however there will be a bit of a pause here … More Keep Tuned
