We had the joy of spending the very American holiday of Thanksgiving with my mum and dad and my brother and sister along with all the kids. One thing my father required during the holiday is that we all meet at his kitchen table for a bible study each morning. There are few things that … Continue reading Dad’s Bible Study
Ministry (the work)
How to Get Things Done
Do you ever feel so busy and overwhelmed that you do not know where to start? You end up doing nothing because you cannot get your head around how big the projects in front of you are. There are many good books and videos out there to help you tackle this. But I thought I … Continue reading How to Get Things Done
Highstreet
The family and I spent the morning on the high street (main street) sharing the gospel with individuals as they passed by. We meet up with other members of the church at a local coffee shop so we can get jacked up on caffeine and catch up a bit. Then we drift outside to where … Continue reading Highstreet
Hemingway on Preaching
I adapted this from an excerpt of a letter from Earnest Hemingway. He was expressing a thought about writing, but the correlation to preaching was so apparent that I had to get it down before I carried on and it was lost forever. So here is the adapted quote … Preaching is something that you … Continue reading Hemingway on Preaching
How to Use a Pickaxe
The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance and The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge are the shovel and pickaxe of bible study: helping you in dig into the scripture. We have already provided you a guide on, ‘How to Use a Shovel’. Here is the companion guide on how to use a pickaxe. The pickaxe of bible … Continue reading How to Use a Pickaxe
You Have to Snowball
There are very few events filled with more hope, then the day you see a new church start. It’s like seeing a baby born. The hope is sustained when you see this new church stand. As many church plants fail, it is wonderful to see this new born stand and begin to walk. But where … Continue reading You Have to Snowball
You Have to be Sent
When you build a house you will be wanting to paint it and decorate it. That is part of the building process. But is that what makes a house into a beautiful home? In the same way we want more than just to build God’s house, we want it to be beautiful. We want his … Continue reading You Have to be Sent
You Have to Succeed
It was Winston Churchill who said, It is no use saying that we are doing our best. We must succeed in doing that which is necessary. Of all the "Have to's" involved in building God's House; the most inescapable is that, we have to succeed. But what does success look like when it comes to … Continue reading You Have to Succeed
Mission Focus
What is our mission in life? We exist to glorify God How do we do that? Live a holy lifeSave the lostMake disciplesPlant churches This is our mission. The mission is all there is. Don’t let anyone or anything steal from you the clarity of why you are here.
Part Time Lovers
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.Ezra 10:3 God commanded Israel not … Continue reading Part Time Lovers