This year our church will have three main Christmas events, an evening Carol’s by Candlelight, a family Carol service and then a Christmas Eve all age event. We don’t have access to a building for Christmas Day unfortunately. I thought it might be helpful to share a few thoughts about how we do them and… Continue reading Why do we do Carol Services?
Category: evangelism and mission
Why attempts to ban Islam are self defeating
I’ve seen a number of suggestions that countries like the UK should respond to the perceived threat of Islamisation with force. Not, of course physical force but a muscular legal, cultural and political response. I tend to disagree with these suggestions because as a Christian, I’ve got different priorities. My concern is to see God’s… Continue reading Why attempts to ban Islam are self defeating
What does it actually mean to love your Muslim neighbour
One thing that struck me about the reactions to my video on loving your Muslim neighbour is that noone bothered to ask what I meant by love. I wonder how many assumed it was to do with soppy feelings. I wonder how many assumed it meant caving in to others without challenging them. What if… Continue reading What does it actually mean to love your Muslim neighbour
If the problem is Islam then the answer is … Love and get to know your Muslim neighbours
I’ve written a little recently and shared some videos talking about how we engage with Muslims, how we get to know and love them as neighbours. I’ve discovered that nothing seems to get people’s ire as the suggestion that we should get to know and love Muslims. The assumption seems to be that I’m naive… Continue reading If the problem is Islam then the answer is … Love and get to know your Muslim neighbours
Prince Andrew and the Gospel
This week, Prince Andrew, or Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as we now must know him, was stripped of all his royal titles. He is also being exiled from his palatial home at Windsor. This is due to the scandal he has brought on the Royal Family due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein and the specific, horrific… Continue reading Prince Andrew and the Gospel
what should we do with Halloween?
Here are some options:
Trigger warning, yes there is violence in the Bible
It’s time for one of those Daily Mail stories about how a snowflake generation need trigger warnings. This time, they have Sheffield University’s English Literature department in their sights. Apparently, students are warned about graphic content, violence and sexual violence in Scripture. Christian Concern have leapt in to complain and defend the Bible against such… Continue reading Trigger warning, yes there is violence in the Bible
Why is the idea of getting to know and love your Muslim neighbour so controversial
As well as this website, I also have a YouTube Channel. It doesn’t tend to get much traffic and I primarily use it to store and share video training materials to support my primary focus of encouraging and equipping people for urban ministry. Sometimes a video gets a little bit more attention but this particular… Continue reading Why is the idea of getting to know and love your Muslim neighbour so controversial
What happens when we think of immigration as an invasion
One of the most shocking responses to a video I shared on YouTube about learning to love our Muslim neighbours was the one that compared immigrants to the Martians in the War of the Worlds, coming to destroy us. We should be shocked by such dehumanizing language and we should be disturbed at where this… Continue reading What happens when we think of immigration as an invasion
Who are the marginalised?
A look at the question of what it means to be marginalised and outcast with particular reference to the recent Unite the Kingdom rally. We look at this in the light of Luke 15.
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