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The next fifty years in this country (the UK), and the U.S. —...

The next fifty years in this country (the UK), and the U.S. — the West in general especially really — is going to be very interesting for society; for the Church. Mainly for the Church. Society is going through a major shift, almost on a global scale. A great divide is coming and will hit the Church over issues of sexuality and marriage. More so than it might already seem....

Open Doors: Helping Persecuted Christians

Open Doors: Helping Persecuted Christians: Today a man from Open Doors came to speak to us about the Persecuted Church – specifically those in North Korea. Due to the nature of his work, and the dangers that go with helping illegal Churches within North Korea, there is no video of his talk to protect his own identity, and those he helps.Who is Open Doors?Open Doors supports persecuted Christians with Bibles, Christian materials, training, livelihood skills, advocacy - and in a whole host of other ways - so that they know they are not forgotten and can stand strong to serve their communities. So that they can give life....

Organic Church

...deed, the Church as a whole in terms of where we should be going and aiming for. Now contrast this with "institutional maintenance" - however you define that, it definitely doesn't sound much like "mission". Should we really be trying to maintain an institution? Is that really what people want in or as a Church? But the real question I think is this: do non-Church people want an institution?The Church, the spiritual movement, that Jesus began and that was continued through the apostles should be transformational to people's lives. The love, grace and healing power that comes through Jesus is what should define and...

Sin SlayerJesus’ death paid for our sins - He was punished so we...

...Sin SlayerJesus’ death paid for our sins - He was punished so we don’t have to be. Yet we still have the responsibility to put residing sin to death on a daily basis. The same Grace that Justifies - makes us right before God - also Sanctifies - makes us more like Jesus. Two sides of the one coin of salvation: neither can be separated from the other. God is calling us to be a Church that gets to the root of the problems and digs it out. …Continue Reading at Mars Hill Church Teignmouth →...

Exodus 7: Heart Matters

...Exodus 7: Heart Matters: In Exodus, the Israelites had forgotten that He was God as they were now slaves and had been worn down by the pressures of life. But God had promised them an inheritance.This is for the Church today also. He knows all that is going on and He has promised. ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all people: I will show wonders in the heavens and on earth: and every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ Life is eternal. People need Jesus and He has chosen us to be the people to demonstrate His love to others. Jesus came to earth and loved us enough to be ridiculed for us, to take the sins of us all, to be punished so we can go...

Digging through ancient texts

...the wider Church so that Christian communities could know what to use for teaching the basics of The Faith and to also guard against heresies, while at the same time still being "allowed" to use any other books/letters they had which were either unique or popular to that area or community. I still have plenty more to read and study. At the moment I'm just reading through as many of these old texts as I can. I read the Apocalypse of Peter recently - that'll keep you awake at night! It was accepted at one point, kinda glad it's not now or we'd have some really freaky Hell doctrines (if we don't already). Think Dante's Inferno -...