Alive with Worship?
‘My soul is Alive with Worship’ is the line of the chorus of a Simon Brading (Newday Worship) song that we have sung a few times in Hope Church. I often wonder how ‘Alive with Worship’ some people feel at … Read More
There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmastime…
Enjoying my day off, chance to drop off my daughter to school which I never get to do anymore, Christmas songs on Heart radio, all going well. Then the song ‘Do they know its Christmas? (feed the world)’ (Band Aid) … Read More
Staff Summer Reading Recommendations 2018
Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan (Recommended by Luke Middleton) BUY FROM AMAZON (Click here) I brought this book from Newday last year after hearing Francis speak and thought it looked interesting. I then … Read More
Mental Health and the Church – Freed from Shame
We recently hosted a seminar on mental health issues. It is such an important topic for us to understand and respond to as Christians because we are all impacted, either directly or indirectly. You can watch it here: http://www.hopechurch.co.uk/mentalhealth/ Statistics that … Read More
Babel and Pentecost rethought
For many years I had understood and taught that the day of Pentecost, Acts 2, where everyone heard the gospel in their own language was a reversal of the curse of Babel, Genesis 11, where God scattered the people across … Read More
Paul’s Discipleship Methods Revisited
Missionary Methods: St Paul’s or Ours? (Roland Allen Library) (Allen, Roland) I first read this book five years ago and found it very challenging and pertinent. It is hard to believe it was written over 100 years ago. Thinking and … Read More