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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

I was reading an article on Christianity Today (amongst other blogs) earlier on about the subject of "organic church" and its possible success and probable future failures. Now, I'll admit I didn't (don't?) know a great deal about organic church other than I've heard the name thrown about before. According to the article it includes " at least three ingredients" to be counted as "organic". First being "Frustration with the-church-as-we-know-it" - well I'm sure there's quite a few people who would fall into that category, I know I do! The second ingredient for this recipe for church is "a focus on people (vs. progra...

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 early church was reading and saying to each other after the Apostles were gone, or at the end of their era.And this is what started my 'journey' into the older texts. I knew Catholics had "extra" books, but I never really understood why. I also knew the Reformation had something to do with it. So I began to research and, as stated above, I found that Luther removed some books from the OT and also wanted to remove some NT books as well.This led me to a question: How, and on whose authority, did Luther just change the Bible? And why was it accepted? I know that Luther cited Jerome as an authority (and from what I unders...