Jesus talked about a new skin being needed for new wine in Matthew 9 v 16, 17: you can’t just keep putting new things into the old and expect things to keep working. Recently I was involved in the Spirit of life festival at Chelmsford Cathedral. The aim was to reach people who are spiritual seekers…
F.R.O.G. Blog
F.R.O.G. stands for Fully Reliant On God and can be seen on various Christian merchandise such as wrist bands, kitchen aprons, spare tyre covers etc. Of course we know we should be but are we? In tough times yes but what about good times, when life is going well, when we are doing things that we find easy…
May update
It was great recently to sit in a church meeting and hear the leadership of the church present the vision for evangelism that I had had some input on and discussions with them about. It was put in the context of God’s mission and God’s heart. It was a vision for the people in their local community…
Floating voter
I am Mr Floating voter. Over the years I have voted for nearly every political party except some of the independents, BNP and the Monster raving Looney party I think. At school this week I had to give an assembly on behalf of the Conservative party. When a student asked did I really…
April update
I recently asked a group of people interested in evangelism from different churches why Christians often struggled to share their faith in Jesus. We had a discussion with most of the answers we would all probably say – lack of confidence, lack of motivation, fear of how others might react…
Said with flowers
The other day at work I was in our reception when a man came to the front door with a big bunch of flowers. I opened the door to him and as he came in, I could visibly see the two ladies who work at our front desk sit up, eyes widen and lean forward – who were they for? The man said “Flowers for” then…
March update
My favourite quote recently was at a church outreach event, one of a number I have done with this church. Someone from the church said to me in a very good natured way, “Whenever we do anything strange you are here.” We agreed it was not a coincidence. It reminded me of two things…
Make the most of it
There is a word that strikes fear into the heart of some people. Just the mention of it sets their hearts racing, brings them out in a cold sweat and turns them into jelly. Anxiety levels go through the roof, jaws drop to the floor. Panic stations all around. No. The word is not evangelism. This time. It’s Ofsted. During this week…
February update
When is full full? I heard for years that once a church is 80% full in terms of people sitting in seats on a Sunday – it’s full. Anyone else coming in won’t be able to chose a seat, they will feel packed in and uncomfortable. Now many churches would love to be considering that problem with attendance such an issue generally… Read More
There’s more than one way…
There’s more than one way to skin a cat and I don’t want to know even one way thank you. To eat a Cadburys Crème egg. Unless all in in one go, they are all messy. To tell people about Jesus. Too often we get caught up with doing it one way or thinking we have to do it one way. The New Testament uses lots of words for it…Read More