There are plenty of excellent evangelistic resources out there including well known courses such as Alpha, Christianity Explored and 3-2-1. A few years ago, I put together First Look as an additional in house option for our church. This was not because there was anything lacking in the existing national options. Rather, I wanted an… Continue reading First Look
Category: evangelism and mission
Evangelistic Resource for Christmas
This is probably the first blog mention of Christmas. Whilst it is perhaps too early to be talking about Christmas in some regards, it is actually a little late in the day for those of you planning Christmas evangelistic events including carol services. Some churches like to have a little free give away booklet for… Continue reading Evangelistic Resource for Christmas
Sending offs, penalties and by elections
What do the red cards for US player Folarin Balogun and England right back Quansah, the penalty awarded against Harry Kane in the Mexico game and Nigel Farage’s attempt to seek a by-election in Clapton have in common? I would suggest that the common thread is our interesting relationship to justice as human beings. In… Continue reading Sending offs, penalties and by elections
We don’t all have a Nineveh
I want to pick up on a point that came up in a recent conversation I had following the latest Unite the Kingdom rally. Someone suggested that we should learn from the story of Jonah. Perhaps those on the marches were like the Ninevites and needed someone to go to them. I suggested that there… Continue reading We don’t all have a Nineveh
On blunted blades
My friend, Steve Kneale writes here, about being careful what we ask for. In the light of Henry Nowak’s murder there has been a big focus on the religious right of Sikhs to carry the Kirpan in public. He offers the scenario of someone using a Bible as a weapon and harming someone, leading to… Continue reading On blunted blades
All the way my saviour leads me
Today marks 46 years since I put my trust in Jesus. I’m sure I’ve told the story many times. It was a Sunday evening and we were with our parents at Sunbridge Road Mission. The Gospel was preached week by week there but they also had a tradition of marking out one Sunday as “Decision… Continue reading All the way my saviour leads me
Just start talking: conversational evangelism
Through my life I’ve come across various programmes and methodologies for how to do personal evangelism. In the end though, what I would encourage is that we need to just have conversations. That might be a conversation with someone you’ve known for years, the colleague at work, fellow parent at the school gate, even a… Continue reading Just start talking: conversational evangelism
Donald Trump and The Straits of Hormuz: Who clears up the mess?
This may seem like an off piste post for Good Friday but all should become clear as you watch the video. Don’t focus on the politics but rather on the reminders to us.
First look
The other day, I mentioned one way in which you prepare during the run up to Easter by downloading the e-book Arise and Shine. If you are fairly new to Christianity, then another option might be to try First look, a four week course introducing who Jesus is from Luke’s Gospel. The course will help… Continue reading First look
Magi
You may have already taken down decorations, the sweets and food may already be consumed, presents broken and discarded, Christmas is over. However, Eastern Orthodox churches are just gearing up to celebrate and traditionally in the West we celebrated over 12 days, twelve days of feasting to follow 40 days of fasting, shortened in more… Continue reading Magi
