Christian Conference Crazy
This week I got a flyer for another Christian conference… I like Christian conferences. I’ve helped run them. In short there’s generally good teaching, opportunity to meet with friends, meet new people and leave feeling encouraged to keep going as a Christian. I might even attend multiple conferences. So far this year I’ve been encouraged ...
Less Macho, More Gospel
This week I headed up to London for a day at the Acts 29 Western Europe conference: Inclusive Exclusivism. I was a bit nervous truth be told. It’s not an unfamiliar crowd but a little different. I was hoping no one would ask me what church I was from – confessing to being an Anglican ...
Prophecy Showdown
At this year’s Evangelical Ministry Assembly there was a ‘conversation’ between Ian Hamilton and Wayne Grudem on the subject of prophecy… I can’t remember everything, but I seem to remember Hamilton leaving Grudem with a few problems on the subject… It seemed to be a fair and balanced debate. Good news is there’s a video ...
Reaching 18-30s
Want to do some more thinking about generic vs. age-specific ministries… happy to carry on discussion here. But there still remains the question of how do you reach out to those in their 18-30s and particularly thinking about those 3 negative characteristics of 18-30s which make them hard to reach, according to Mike Pilavachi: Consumerism ...
Missing Generation
This last week I had the privilege to pop down into central Brighton and have lunch with and listen to some local church leaders along with input from Mike Pilavachi. Usually I find these events to be pretty awkward, but it wasn’t too bad! Admittedly the discussions and contributions from local folk were hardly ground-breaking, ...