We are just a a couple of days away from finding out the result of the General Election and finding out which, if any, of the Opinion polls have been most accurate. I wrote here, at the start of the campaign about what we might be able to glean from the opinion polls. At that… Continue reading What are the opinion polls doing?
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Why your small group is probably not a church: Three red herrings and the real reason
This article has been circulating around conservative-evangelical circles in the last couple of weeks. I’m not sure whether or not there is a serious issue anywhere with anyone really thinking that their home group/life group is a church. So first of all, I would be intrigued as to what prompted the article. It looks like… Continue reading Why your small group is probably not a church: Three red herrings and the real reason
Misalignment?
“Would you be willing to write an article for Faithroots about reasons for voting a particular way?” I asked a couple of people. I’d hoped to draw in a few guest writers. Unfortunately, I had no takers. A common response was that people did not want to talk, as ministers about politics and their own… Continue reading Misalignment?
Some Apostles…
D-Day
In 1945, the allies began their long awaited counter attack against Hitler to remove him from western Europe. Troops were amassed, the Americans, increasingly the most powerful military power in the world had joined the war and on D-Day, June 6th, a massive naval and land-amphibious assault was launched, Apparently the “D” stands for “Day”,… Continue reading D-Day
Citizens of nowhere?
I was surprised when we got our first bit of election material. You see, when we moved into our house, we found out that we were going to be in the Perry Barr constituency. Two years later and we found that we were now in the Erdington Constituency. There had been a boundary change to… Continue reading Citizens of nowhere?
Just a game?
The latest scandal to hit the General Election campaign has been allegations that senior Conservatives including some candidates along with police officers with access to number 10 successfully placed bets on the date of the election. As with other sleaze scandals, other parties have their problems too with one Labour candidate placing a bet against… Continue reading Just a game?
Church membership
Occasionally I have conversations with church planters and revitalisers about whether or not they should have church membership. There are actually quite a lot of Christians who don’t agree with the idea of membership and say they would refuse to join a church. How do churches do membership? Every church has some form of membership.… Continue reading Church membership
Ephesians and the prosperity Gospel
There’s been a lie going around for so many years, often referred to as “The Prosperity Gospel.” This is the belief that if we have enough faith and use the right words, then we can claim whatever we like from God and he will give it to us. This is sometimes known as “Health, wealth… Continue reading Ephesians and the prosperity Gospel
Spotting and developing potential leaders
How do we identify potential future leaders in the church? A lot has been made of the “Blokes Worth Watching” approach associated with Philip Jenkins, Sydney Anglicans and ministry schemes in the early years of this century. This has been seen both positively and negatively with on the one hand, many in conservative evangelical circles… Continue reading Spotting and developing potential leaders
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