Let Us
There’s a typically terrible ‘Christian’ joke that remains in my memory despite my best efforts to expunge it and replace it with something useful, like train times or the exact order of the Minor Prophets. It goes like this: How … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
There’s a typically terrible ‘Christian’ joke that remains in my memory despite my best efforts to expunge it and replace it with something useful, like train times or the exact order of the Minor Prophets. It goes like this: How … Continued
To those within Vineyard and New Wine Christian circles, Alexander Venter will be a familiar name. Venter is a South African pastor and church planter, currently engaged in itinerant teaching ministry, having planted and pastored churches. He is one of … Continued
I share this post with the acknowledgement that I, like all of us, so often fall short of the ideals that Jesus calls us towards. There is always grace, and there is always forgiveness, but there must also be repentance. … Continued
Julian Hardyman will be known to many from some kinds of churches as the Pastor at Eden Baptist Church, Cambridge (Where my parents met, incidentally) and whilst I’ve never met him (Though did know his son in Nottingham, at a … Continued
A friend in our small group gave me a copy of this little book recently, after an interesting conversation about Prayer, which has come about as we’ve journeyed through the Prayer Course. It is an older book, which focuses on … Continued
I’m a moderate-to-large fan of Tim Chester’s books, and I’ve recently re-read one of his older ones that I’ve found deeply helpful. I’ve recently been becoming more and more aware of some negative and sinful patterns in my life, and … Continued
I’ve had this book on my ‘to read’ pile for a little while, but it took a recent profound experience of pain (which I may write about in the future) to pick this book up, which 10ofThose kindly provided for … Continued
Regular or historic readers of this blog will know that I’m fascinated by prayer, and though my own prayer life often lags behind my intent, I am keen to develop it, and find books helpful for giving me a kickstart. … Continued
This is the second ‘substantive’ post in my new(ish, on and off) mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. This was the opening … Continued