The advent of social media has meant that an already loud church is able to proclaim many messages of greatness and achievement to an ever-sceptical world. I have been aware for some time, of the constant presence of many who spruik their achievements for God; from pastors to prisoners, evangelists to street preachers it seems …
Continue reading The quietness of disciple making multiplication
There’s a young man in Africa – Wilson is his name, who has seen over 4,000 churches catalysed across cities, nations and an entire region. He is both young, and equally sketchy talking about numbers but things are still multiplying. But Wilson didn’t set about leading hundreds of thousands of people to Christ. He took …
There is simply nothing in this life that surpasses the joy of seeing people discover Jesus. Non-believers, those with a suspicion of God, those who have been let down, whose lives are not good enough – broken people, suspicious. Discovering Jesus. This has been our experience over the past couple of months, as we draw …
It’s the mark of the modern church, that more and more Christians see political activism as the way to sort out society. Daily, I receive emails asking me to petition government about some or other misdemeanour, or a conspiracy about how this election was lost, or that politician is unjust. More recently, I have even …
Jesus was on song when he gave us a very simple, reproducible task; the Great Commission. That is, make disciples who multiply. Like to hear a story then? Twelve months ago, I started a Whatsapp group of men called The Psalty Saints. It meant a group of similar aged men living locally, could go out …
I’ve watched this election with more than a passing fascination – I’ll be honest, I have a tendency at times to be a political animal, and at times my behaviour could easily become, well, animal. So much so that I have brought it before the Lord in repentance. In his grace, I believe he has …
We’ve been away as you do at the end of the year. It has been a time of reflection, considering and to be frank repentance. As we read through the Gospel of Mark, I noticed that people were ‘amazed’ at Jesus, and ‘astonished’. They knelt before him, begged, pleaded and followed him often for days …
When Jesus came he taught those around him that the Kingdom of God has come to earth, calling them to repent and believe and showing them what that looked like in a practical sense - heal the sick, cast out demons and baptise new Believers, all while looking after the poor and marginalised. Most of …
Continue reading Discipling or Disciple Making – where’s the difference?
(author has chosen to remain anonymous) Organisations, structures, Christians, and churchI understand the need, the intentions, and good works But where is the joy, simplicity and love? All swept under that big corporate rug. Meetings, talks, coffees and the like All serve a purpose for makings things right But Satan comes to destroy, he steals …
Read any of the Gospels, and you can see that when Jesus started his ministry on earth, he gathered around him the simplest of people. It wasn’t just that they were sinners, it was that they were ordinary folk. Most would have been largely illiterate, and they were certainly not homogenous as a group. So …
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