Gods rather clever. In fact He’s really clever – He’s like ‘the dude’ of cleverness. God can take things like a lunchbox and multiply it like cells separating to feed 1000s of people. He can take giant balls of gas millions of miles away and make them look cool God can see a box of jumbled … Continue reading
It’s hard to find common ground and consistent connections between Old Testament Prophets. However a good place to start is this: A Prophet in the Old Testament always did three things: – They reminded of and reinterpreted the past – They spoke into and clarified the pressent – They predicited and proclaimed the future This … Continue reading
I’m bringing this up as I recently attended a youth minister training seminar where the gift of prophecy was discussed. It was suggested by the leader that when you bring a word of prophecy to someone you should bring it ‘as if it were the very words of Christ himself.’ The scriptural evidence for this … Continue reading
So in my supreme arrogance, I tend to think there are three types of church leader response to the relativity new, music-based office of worship leader. There’s the accepter, the rejector, and the integrator.
At a youth leaders training / support day in Tumbridge Wells last year, I heard this chap Mark Grittiths give the talk in the link below. Its absolutely fabulous! Best thing I’ve head on Children’s evangelism in a long time! Listen – more than once… take notes! & I’ll post mine at some point once … Continue reading
