In the 1950s and 60s, the UK invited people from around what is now the Commonwealth to come to Britain to help the post war rebuilding effort. Many came from the Caribbean. Their experience however upon arrival was of intense prejudice and rejection. Guest houses put up signs saying “no dogs and no blacks”. Sadly,… Continue reading Is God giving us a second chance? And will we take it?
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Freedom
So here it is, the lates teaching resource from Faithroots. Freedom is an E-book introducing you to Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The book includes: Content and resources are provided free of charge on faithroots with the aim of making theological and teaching resources available to those who might not be able to so readily… Continue reading Freedom
A COVID inquiry for the church?
The UK government has set up an inquiry to learn lessons from the COVID pandemic. Much of the focus in the media seems to be on whether or not we’ll get to read Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages but the true purpose of such an inquiry is not to focus on people and personalities, not to… Continue reading A COVID inquiry for the church?
This is Paul signing off
We are coming to the end of Paul’s letter. If he had leapt quite abruptly into the challenging stuff at the beginning without the extended prayers, thanksgiving and commendations we get used to with his other letters, it also finishes fairly abruptly without the personal greetings we find in other letters such as in Romans… Continue reading This is Paul signing off
Longevity is not the same as faithfulness (and why grace matters)
A friend of mine frequently points out the nonsense of saying that something has “stood the test of time”. It’s not really a test that tells you anything more than that the specific thing has been around for a long time. As Christians, we rightly value faithfulness and this does mean that believers, leaders and… Continue reading Longevity is not the same as faithfulness (and why grace matters)
Don’t expect the Convention/Festival to compete with your local church
A certain prominent Christian leader used to finish the big festival every year with a speech to the gathered throngs of young people. He’d acknowledge that they’d had a great week, that the music had been terrific, the teaching fantastic and that many of them had received a particularly powerful experience of the Holy Spirit. … Continue reading Don’t expect the Convention/Festival to compete with your local church
Reaping what you sow
This next section reinforces the point that we’ve seen developed through chapter 5-6, we cannot fix our lives and our relationship to God by making external adjustments to our behaviour through rule keeping and rituals. Instead, our lives will bear fruit in accordance with the roots. A look at the text (Read Galatians 6:7-10) An… Continue reading Reaping what you sow
Bearing burdens
How do we “keep in step with the Spirit” and bear fruit? The first few verses of Galatians 6 begin to apply what it means to patiently love others and to be self-controlled in our own lives. A look at the text (Read Galatians 6:1-6) Paul is describing someone here, not so much caught out… Continue reading Bearing burdens
Church planting is not the enemy of the local church
I recently wrote in response to John Benton’s rather premature funeral service for the local church. I just spotted that Jonathan Carswell, CEO of 10 of Those shared John’s original article with this comment. Imagine reading Jonathan’s comments as a church planter labouring away perhaps on a council estate in the West Midlands or a… Continue reading Church planting is not the enemy of the local church
First and second things
At the weekend, the Keswick Convention put out a statement on social media as follows. It seems that the convention has been subject to a bit of a protest about their stance on women speakers. It’s not the first time that Christians have decided to protest Christian events. In fact, back when we attended Keswick,… Continue reading First and second things
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