Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He […]

I have been wanting to watch the movie Hotel Rwanda for a week or two now and managed to get along to see it last night. What a powerful movie! I’d read an article by a Christian leader in America that this was a movie that church leaders should be encouraging their congregations to go […]

I have been listening to some teaching by Dallas Willard this week when he said something that really stood out which I want to spend a bit of time thinking about. Here’s what he said:
If we want to do what Jesus said we DON’T try to do what Jesus said.
You might want to read that […]

I think most of us think of eternal life as being something that is in the future. We think that having eternal life means that we will go to heaven when we die. The Bible however doesn’t really see eternal life in this way. Eternal life is something that we receive here and now whilst […]

I have been thinking recently how most evangelistic preaching seems to focus on getting people “born again”. I am not saying that this is totally wrong, but there is only really the one reference to this in the New Testament when Jesus speaks with Nicodemus in John 3. The New Testament seems to talk more […]

I was reading some more of “Rees Howells - Intercessor” today and was thoroughly challenged by the way God used him to love, care, and provide for tramps. In particular, I was stuck by this comment he made:
I learned according to 1 John 4:20, that you don’t love the Saviour one bit more that you […]

Most of us are more than familiar with the verse in Zechariah 4:6 which says:
Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
Perhaps, in fact, we are too familiar with it. No doubt most of us would agree with the essence of this verse and give our assent […]

I have begun re-reading the book “Rees Howells: Intercessor” by Norman Grubb this week and have been challenged afresh by this man’s phenomenal commitment to God. There really was nothing that came before God in his life. Money and success became meaningless as he chose to surrender everything to serve God. His whole life really […]

I have been thinking a lot recently about the kingdom of God. A large proportion of the New Testament - and particuarly the Gospel’s - is all about the kingdom of God but what exactly is it and what does it mean to enter it? I recently heard Dallas Willard define the kingdom of God […]

Perhaps one of the hardest things in the Christian life is consistency. Life is full of ups and downs for all of us. Our circumstances are constantly changing and each day is filled with its own fresh new challenges. With all this change going on around us, it is no surprise that so many of […]