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By |2020-08-13T17:46:15+00:00September 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Lifegroup resources LOOK UP, Psalms, August to September 2020 Defiant Joy: John, July 2020 Calling and courage: Esther, June 2020 The Kingdom of God: in the Parables, April & May 2020 The joy of life with Jesus, in Philippians, January to March 2020 Wake up, Advent resources, December 2019 The Big Story of God 'From Genesis to Hallelujah' - Sept to Nov 2019 In the company of Ephesians - May to July 2019 Life at the wall: Nehemiah series - January to March 2019 Church news & teaching outlines with audio recordings 9th August- Defiant joy: living 2nd August- Defiant joy: [...]

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recent reading…

By |2018-07-28T10:47:37+00:00July 28th, 2018|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, personal, random, theology, writing|

Decent amounts of reading make for a great holiday tradition for me. Here's what I've read recently.... and here's the headlines if they're of interest to you?! Yes some of you have asked, so here's the titles, how I rated it out of 5, a simple one sentence summary and a favourite sentence quote. Just a takeaway... Sandcastle Kings, Rich Wilkerson Jr 2.5* A surprising rummage in Luke 7 around longings, lack and the lordship of Jesus Christ. p45 "In scripture two things amaze Jesus. Great faith and lack of faith. When Jesus looks at your life, what does he [...]

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A snowy Sunday…

By |2017-12-10T20:17:06+00:00December 10th, 2017|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, personal, preaching, theology|

Today #snowstoppedplay and it was a little bit gutting to have weather affect our last full Sunday at Emmanuel. Some great preaching ideas were on the slate, and lots of you asked,...so here's my full notes and slides. The Apostle Paul's awesome finish and motivation for Timothy was what I sought to work with this morning - life and death, meaning and calling, faith and reward impacted me in a whole new way. Here's my my preaching notes, and my slides for this. Tonight I'd have been sharing the preaching with Kathryn from Philippians 3, Paul's searing focus on one thing, and [...]

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Overcoming…

By |2017-12-10T19:57:27+00:00November 29th, 2017|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, theology|

Today I got that Luke 12 portion that looks full into the face of worry and how practical Jesus is in speaking about this. Fear refuses to trust God. I was challenged how much the perspective of our confidence in our heavenly father, our faith and the nature of our promised future should change everything! Here's my transcript notes, and the powerpoint slides... 

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Changes ahead…

By |2017-10-17T17:18:23+00:00September 15th, 2017|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, personal, random|

It's a bittersweet day as this morning we announced news that I've been offered, and accepted the invitation to serve as the next Vicar of Swanley and Hextable in Rochester Diocese. This will mean a move for us, leaving the wonderful people of Emmanuel Church, Northwood and the wider community here, to lead and serve in mission and discipleship there. Just as God very graciously guided us purposefully to Emmanuel in 2014, so we trust His hand in this detail. It is a bittersweet announcement. Leaving Emmanuel and the wider community will be painful yet the season and circumstances invite [...]

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words about God

By |2017-06-10T16:51:46+00:00June 10th, 2017|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, theology, writing|

Eugene Peterson serves up another treat in his newest title. This forty-nine part delight directs us to lives of congruence and fruitfulness as disciples of Christ. These forty-nine chapters are former sermons gathered around the writings of key bible leaders. The shape and flow of these are measured, weighty and inspiring. Peterson’s gift is wisely weighted words. This book drips with wisdom and is full of life. His heartbeat for the gospel is gently and winsomely proclaimed, “Always and everywhere in Scripture our attention is brought back to the central fact: God is a person; God makes persons; God remakes [...]

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five on Friday

By |2017-01-14T20:16:53+00:00January 13th, 2017|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, personal, random|

"Jesus said you are to love one another as I have loved you, a love that will possibly lead to the bloody, anguish gift of yourself, a love that forgives seven times seven, that keeps no record of wrong. This is the criterion, sole norm, the standard of discipleship in the New Israel of God.” Brennan Manning, The furious longing of God. 1 ways to nurture bible reading commitment  2 church is always meant to be a little uncomfortable! 3 a great summary about the wonderful Helen Keller 4 the moment app is helpful and this article about taming your smartphone use [...]

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God’s Beloved

By |2017-01-14T20:43:19+00:00January 9th, 2017|church life, discipleship, faith, leadership, personal, random, theology|

During last Sunday’s talk from Luke 3 we saw that after Jesus is baptised and at prayer, the Holy Spirit descends upon Him and the Heavenly Father declares Him to be his Son as well as Servant. “Heaven was opened.” The baptism opens communication with heaven, that is, with God. Being earthbound is no longer a barrier. This is why faith in Jesus is so beautifully important. As God’s children we have instant access to him and his grace. Jesus underwent baptism not because he sinned, as we do, and needed forgiveness, but because he identified so much with us [...]

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five on Friday

By |2017-01-14T20:11:02+00:00January 8th, 2017|church life, coaching, discipleship, faith, leadership, personal, writing|

John Wesley, the great evangelist, said, “Give me a hundred persons who fear nothing but God, hate nothing but sin and are determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and him crucified, and I will set the world on fire with them.” 1 Samuel Lane's worship ministry is so very helpful - enjoy this.  2 Habit formation is vital to pastoral ministry - a TED talk perspective 3 Mary deMuth is a helpful voice and here's her writing wisdom 4 Attractional church is not enough, it has to be about mission! 5 The ministry of presence and the Church [...]

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so 16, turning 17…

By |2017-01-09T19:10:12+00:00January 3rd, 2017|discipleship, faith, fun, leadership, personal, writing|

So here's my seasonal list. It was a curious year that saw many wonderful and varied things globally and locally, including Julie and I stopping drinking diet coke! Books still win out.... real books that is! Books I most benefitted from were You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith, Strong and weak by Andy Crouch, Essentialism by Greg McKeown, Deep Work by Cal Newport, Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree, Being Disciples by Rowan Williams, The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine, The Seven Stories That Shape Your life by Gerard Kelly, The Pastor’s Justification by Jared Wilson, The Emotionally Healthy [...]

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