September 2003

Leadership is: – knowing what to do next; – knowing why that’s important; and – knowing how to bring appropriate resources to bear on the need at hand. – Bobb Biehl

Two giants of the church have died this week. Names that we are all familiar with are no more. Like Kenneth Hagin Derek Prince was also no stranger to controversy but it is probably right at this stage simply to remember his life and all that was accomplished through it. Where theological differences exist within [...]

Kenneth E. Hagin who started preaching at age 17 and grew his congregation into an international ministry, died Friday morning at age 86. His controversial faith teachings affected the church greatly as Christianity Today explains. But our thoughts surely must go to his widow and family.

Doctors shocked by prison sentence: Whilst mistakes are inexcusible, it seems to me that this does nothing to entice me back into working for the NHS. I was lucky never to have knowingly directly caused a death whilst working as a doctor. That is not to say I never made mistakes that I nor no [...]

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | No room in the church: archbishop finds himself cast out by evangelicals: “Evangelicals, founding their belief on biblical revelation and personal conversion, form the most dynamic and growing element of the CofE and some are rejecting the leadership of their bishops and archbishops. In the 1950s, 7% of worshippers [...]

This article made my blood boil! I wish we did ‘do God’ a lot more than we do! Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Just say no to abstinence: “As Alastair Campbell memorably remarked: over here we don’t do God. We don’t do God at all. This must be the most valuable distinction still extant [...]

Returning from my latest trip abroad today I reflected on a strange world that we now live in where getting accross seas is easier than going half way accross the country- why o why can’t there be flights from London to Liverpool or Hull I ask myself? We live in a global village where those [...]

Did YOU know you are almost certainly in the top few percentage of rich people in the world? Tell the Global Rich List how much you earn and you will get a feel for just how rich in world terms you really are! This is convicting to say the least

And to think we still kill babies in the womb. Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | New hi-tech scans show babies smiling and crying before birth: “Images published for the first time yesterday seem to suggest that unborn babies can smile, blink and cry weeks before they leave the womb. “