This email intreged me. I wonder if anyone out there knows if these stories are authentic. Clearly, whether they are or not many similar things would have happened. After Sept. 11 … I happened to call a man on business that I didn’t know and have not, nor will ever, talk to again. But this day, he felt like talking. He was head of security of a company that had invited the remaining members of a company who had been... Read more
Todays interaction post- what in your view makes a good speaker? Which speakers stand out in your mind and why? What is lacking in modern day speakers- whether secular or Christian. Read more
Have just finished two days of a presentation skills course. Am rather taken aback by it all. It was one of those times where many things you already know take on new significance, and things that you ought to have known become clearer. It was also an amazing experience. We were told the seemingly obvious, but none the less profound truth that a presentation is not about imparting facts. Rather, the goal is for the audience to enter a shared... Read more
My list of tools to defeat sin was constructed from a varieety of sources. Like the readers of my blog (you all passed the test!!!) I did think that there was a major ommission or two. It is the empowering grace of God applied by the Holy Spirit that changes our desires, although all those activities I listed and more are indeed important as we co-operate with Him in the work of sanctification. Read more
As part of my ongoing preparation for my next sermon, I am compiling a list of the ways Christians can use to help them defeat sin. This list is intended to be reasonably complete, but has at least one deliberate ommission. I wonder if any of my mostly Christian readers can suggest one or two extra ones to add to this list, or indeed spot my deliberately absent tool for defeating sin, please either comment on this post or drop... Read more
Learnt something shocking at a course today. It seems that the law of negligence is based on the principle of first proving a duty of care. Thus, if I am in a park and a toddler comes hurtling out of the bush, heading straight for the pond and I watch them fall in and drown without doing anything I have NOT committed a crime. If on the other hand I am the kids nanny that is a different matter. We... Read more
My church have just put on some more sermons including one of mine. Pop by and hear the following sermons, and more at www.jubilee-church.org David’s StrengthAdrian Warnock Living in the New YearTope Koleoso Pushing ThroughColin Potter The Old TestamentTope Koleoso Read more
Jonathan Aitken: “Four years ago Jonathan Aitken lost his libel case against the Guardian and was jailed for perjury. Now he has launched a new career as a preacher and spiritual writer” The story of the prison ‘Big Face’ is ace! Read more
Thanks to Correction for this: “A Parable When the baby died, the angels carried him up to Heaven and rested him gently on a cloud. A man was there, also new, and they decided to tour Heaven together. ‘Tell me about yourself,’ said the baby, trying to put the man at ease. ‘I was old. I died in my sleep. I had a long life, so I can’t complain.’ The man looked at the little baby before him. ‘You, though.... Read more
I have often heard it said, “If I had been the only person on the earth, Jesus would still have died for me. Although our Lord could have given his life for just one person, it most certainly would not have been because that person was so valuable, but because God was so gracious. Such an occurrence should hardly, therefore, be regarded as a source of pride or selfesteem. For me to argue that Jesus would have died for me... Read more
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