It is our job to be Jesus’ witnesses, to tell people about him all over the world. It’s not complicated. When the church itself, and not Jesus becomes the story, we have quite simply lost the plot.
Tag: observations
Over Promising: Under Delivering
As Christians, we are supposed to be people of truth, the spin and heavy advertising that is part of life in modern Britain should not be part of the life of the church.
No, mission isn’t the highest priority for the church, whatever the inspirational posters say.
The Seed of the Church
Christian martyrs don’t go out in a blaze of crazed violence lashing out at others. Like their master, they don’t respond to violence with violence, but through selfless love they point to the one who conquered death and the grave and rose to bring new life.
We Don’t Look Like That!
If the church is young and based in the Global South, why are Evangelical Christians generally portrayed as middle aged, right-wingers?
Your Own Personal Jesus
The Christian faith stands (and falls) on the story of Jesus of Nazareth as recounted in the four Gospels. It is a religion founded in a historic event, described in four eye-witness accounts that have challenged and disturbed people through 2,000 years.
Consequences and Trumpets
Putting Romans 1 and Revelation 8 next to each other and seeing what happens.
… For the Fish
As the internet gets increasingly fractious, we need to consciously think of ways in which we can thank and encourage those who have helped us.
Missio Nexus Leadership Conference
The trajectory of the human heart is away from the cross and towards the easier things of the Gospel.
Why I’m Allergic to Devotionals
At the risk of overstating the case; it sometimes feels as though we get the Christian content out of the way and then our meetings default to an essentially secular way of functioning.