RT @TerryVirgo: Great time in Paris. Some healed, some filled with the Spirit & ppl happy to receive Grace teaching. God is good! # Just spent 20 mins on phone to @virginmedia only for them to refuse to send me an engineer despite the fact I have NO broadband! Hopeless! # How depressing, even the @virginmedia twitter thing is ignoring me! Why so complicated? Tests say there's a fault on the cable…so fix it! # @virginmedia Been told there is... Read more
rt “@NoelPiper: It's right to talk of Jesus as Savior & Lord, but that misses something if he is not also our supreme treasure. @JohnPiper” # Read more
"There are already more Chinese at church on a Sunday than in the whole of Europe." http://t.co/XCdEPmTW # Parents: Don’t emphasize outward obedience at the expense of inward change http://t.co/LhXN7eZs # Read more
Josh Harris posted a very interesting article written by and for home school parents. It is highly relevant for all of us. I am not a homeschooler, though we did toy with the idea when the children were younger. I will never forget a conversation with Mike Hewett who urged me to think about whether I was considering homeschooling out of fear. I immediately realized I was, and resolved that since whatever is not of faith is sin I would... Read more
Yesterday, the BBC reported on the remarkable growth of the church in China. It is of course slightly bemused by the whole thing. Many of China’s churches are overflowing, as the number of Christians in the country multiplies. In the past, repression drove people to convert – is the cause now rampant capitalism? It is impossible to say how many Christians there are in China today, but no-one denies the numbers are exploding. The government says 25 million, 18 million... Read more
In Does the future have a church? from The Briefing we read some pretty shocking statistics about my nation that I thought were worth summarizing here: In 2010, 3.6 million attended church on an average Sunday (6% of the population). In the previous 10 years this represented a decline of 800,000 fewer attendees (-18%). 39% of churches have no-one attending under 11 years of age 49% of churches have no-one attending between the ages of 11 and 14 59% of churches have... Read more
RT @TerryVirgo: Brighton still leading the Championship! Do we really want to leave for Kingston now? # RT @danielpartridge: A friend showed me a glass of water. He asked, "Is it half full or half empty?" I drank it. No problem. # Read more
For several years now on September 11th, I have re-posted this article with minimal edits. In many ways, nothing much has changed as the years have gone by. I think therefore that this is for me the most appropriate way to mark the ten year anniversary of the most shocking event of my lifetime. The world will never forget 911. Each year I say it, but it still feels in a way like yesterday, despite the fact it is an age... Read more
Today I don’t have much for you really…just this. I am musing about how it is that different people faced with the same choice will react so differently. Some people have a clear tendency towards risk, adventure, and opportunity while others tend instead towards safety, familiarity, and stability. Still others are more unpredictable. Which are you? Why? And why do you think some people seem to be wired one way or the other and some are harder to predict? Read more
This excerpt comes from the Confluence blog: Praise must be expressed. The expression of what you are enjoying is the consummation of it. There is a fulfillment and joy found in sharing your expression. ADMIRATION AND REFLECTION Praise is admiration and reflection. Just wanting an experience is religious existentialism. Worship must be rooted in reality. God loves us and His Spirit pours out an experience that is a greater reality of what we know. Our worship is a consummation. It... Read more
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