Mission

The Three Constants of the Great Commission present in the first five books of the NT

November 30, 2011

Bob Roberts (one of our speakers at the next 300 leaders) has a great post today entitled The Three Constants of the Great Commission: “First – the coming of the Holy Spirit which is the power to fulfill the Great Commission.  It is present in all passages from baptizing in the name of the “Father, [...]

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US Christian apologist William Lane Craig in the UK

September 24, 2011

My friend Justin Brierley is hosting an event with US Christian apologist William Lane Craig who is visiting the UK from 17-26 October for the Reasonable Faith Tour .  Criag will include a debate on “Does God Exist” with atheist philosopher Stephen Law. Its Mon 17 October at Westminster Central Hall, London.  Promises to be a great [...]

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New Christianity Explored website

September 1, 2011

The new Christianity Explored website creates a welcoming, unpressured and jargon-free place for people to explore the Christian faith. It is packed with answers to tough questions as well as some wonderfully engaging real life stories of people who have come to faith in Christ Jesus. http://www.christianityexplored.org/ It also contains Week One of the Christianity [...]

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Guest Post by Andrew Brims – Paul: Reformed, Charismatic, Missional and… Self Funding

August 20, 2011

Adrian’s blog has done a great job of both tracking and encouraging the growth in the number of Christians, churches and ministries that are willing and eager to own the two labels of charismatic and reformed. The apostle Paul was someone we could describe as being both reformed and charismatic. He wrote Romans 9, and [...]

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The reality of Hell – a sermon by Tope Koleoso

July 10, 2011

The above sermon will shake you to the core. Tope didn’t mention those who have recently been denying hell by name, but his disagreement with them could not have been clearer. This is a compassionate yet very direct sermon on a painful but important subject. It was my delight to pray with someone at the [...]

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Terry Virgo on moving from Brighton to London

July 5, 2011

Tope: I’ve got to ask you. You, are moving to London, and I live in London. You are very welcome to my city! But why are you moving to London? Terry: Well, it’s fascinating. It’s something I never anticipated happening. I was born in Brighton and when I first left secular work, I really felt [...]

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Tope Koleoso on Evangelism. Prepare to be challenged.

July 3, 2011

The above sermon was one of Tope’s finest. It had me squirming in my seat from the first sentence. You will do well to listen. You will do well to pray as I have today, “God give me opportunities to put this into practice.” May God use this sermon to wake many of us up [...]

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Too Busy To Be Missional?

June 25, 2011

This great post from The Resurgence discusses several reasons why we often don’t evangelize.   I think that he hit on a key reason for many of us here: “Many times, we don’t try to speak the gospel into people’s lives because we’re not really sure of it ourselves. We may not be sure of what [...]

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What Kind of House? Apostles, their delegates, multiculturalism, prayer, worship, & mission

June 21, 2011

This is the second part of a set of notes on Terry Virgo’s first session at 300 Leaders.  I have previously shared the video and downloads for the whole talk. 3. There was Barnabus. He had been sent. The Apostles were staying in Jerusalem. People have written about whether that was right or wrong. But [...]

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It doesn’t matter if you are eaten by cannibals or worms

April 21, 2011

I love this quote from a missionary and his response to well meaning discouragement from going to the field: Amongst many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, “The Cannibals ! you will be eaten by Cannibals!” At last I replied, “Mr. Dickson, you are advanced [...]

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Attend the first Unbelievable? Conference.

April 9, 2011
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A while back I was privileged to be on Justin Brierley’s radio show Unbelievable?, debating the meaning of the resurrection. Now, they are putting on their first conference which looks interesting. Unbelievable? The Conference will take place on May 14th. Here is the information: Premier Christian Radio presents an apologetics day conference for anyone who [...]

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Lex Loizides inteview on personal tracts

March 28, 2011

As you read this I am in South Africa for the second time in six months, and also the second time in my life. All my posts this week were written and scheduled before I went. I am definitely finding as a result of my first trip that Africa has a growing place in my [...]

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10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan

March 14, 2011

As Japan braces itself for a possible further serious earthquake, and deals with the consequences of such massive devastation caused by the last one, not to mention the risk of a major nuclear incident, how should Christians respond? Please understand that none of this is intended to claim that we have all the answers to [...]

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Jack Hayford Video Sermon on Peace and Winsomeness

March 8, 2011

There is not very many videos of Jack Hayford available for free online. It was a delight therefore to watch this one over the weekend and I really felt that it benefited me. I could hear God speaking to me through his Word. I encourage you to watch the following video and then consider booking [...]

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Bob Roberts on Getting Missional DNA into a church

February 26, 2011

Bob Roberts is a man on a mission, and he makes sure all his church plants are on that same mission: We require our new churches to do 3 things:  work somewhere around the world in a hard place, work with the poorest in the inner-city, and multiply churches.  We have them do all this [...]

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A new Warnie award for Bob Roberts

February 6, 2011

I am sometimes just a little embarrassed these days about the so-called “Warnie Awards.” They are something of a reminder of the good old days of Christian blogging, when almost all of us knew each other, especially the ones that were not political bloggers. Sometimes back then the online blogging community felt more connected. There [...]

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The highest of the mountains

January 26, 2011

It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up [...]

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Check your motives

November 22, 2010

“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 Stop. Whatever you are doing right now, just stop. I know you are probably busy but you can spare five minutes can’t you?  Ask God the following question “am I doing anything out of rivalry or concept? Please [...]

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Young, reformed and charismatic? Come to St Louis January 2011

November 17, 2010

Do you live in the USA? Are you reformed, and theologically persuaded that the charismatic gifts continue? Perhaps like many you have not seen a positive model of how they can be expressed in a Bible-loving environment. Are you longing for a more dynamic experience of the Spirit’s power? If the above describes you, please [...]

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Internet to Surpass 2 Billion Users This Year

October 23, 2010

We simply cannot afford to neglect the medium of the Internet as Christians.  It truly does represent a revolution in human communication as far-reaching as the book itself. The following article states that approximately a third of the worlds population will be online in just a couple of months: By the end of 2010, 71% [...]

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