Story: What is it that attracts us?I'm sure I don't know but there is no debating that everybody will listen to some of the most boring things in the world if they are put into story form. And they are just down right reverting if the subject matter is, in it's self interesting. I wrote and article about story some time ago saying that stories were the first form of mass entertainment. The art … [Read more...]
What is The Best Way To Tell The Good News of Jesus?
Jesus taught his audience orally and he used the oldest known form of communication - Story telling. In my article "What's The Best Way To Spread The Good News?" I talk about the importance of telling your own story. There is an overwhelming majority of people in the kingdom of God that are there as a direct result of someone telling the their story Try telling the good news. Richard … [Read more...]
Speaking in Tongues: Humbug?
Speaking in tongues Has to be one of the most controversial Gift's of the Holy Spirit through out just about every century since Christianity began. I speak in tongues. Yep that's right I an old penti from way back. I don't use the gift all that often. Though I do find it of great use in times of stress or when the passion of a situation just overtakes me. I don't use it in church however and … [Read more...]
Sugar Cubes and Prayer
I heard this illustration many years ago and found it to be a helpful prayer aid. Imagine a set of scales with a half kilo weight on one side and a pile of sugar cubes being added to the other. The first cubes added seem to make no difference at all in shifting the weight. Neither do the next ten cubes…or the next ten. However, by the time one hundred cubes have been added, a point is reached … [Read more...]
What If God Were One Of Us…But He Was Wasn’t He?
When will the church Grow up? I always live in hope that the church started to look at things like this as opportunities to engage with the non Christian world rather than reel against it. At least we didn't embarrass ourselves this time. Or it could have been just apathy. Considerably worse to my way of thinking. Why was there no outrage about this song? After all that is they usual response to … [Read more...]
Days of Great Harvest – The Growing Church
“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.” (Rev 7:9 NIV) There are times when, as Christians, we feel like an insignificant minority in the world. This seems especially true in the face of a media and culture that mocks godly values and considers the … [Read more...]
Does Jesus Heal Today?
The other day I was asked by a Christian friend, "Why do you think that there aren't that many miracles in Australia yet we hear stories of healing in other countries all the time? I responded that I think there are those healed in this country but that our society is so skeptical that they are immediately discounted. I remember very clearly having been skeptical myself about many of the stories I … [Read more...]
Curiosity Evangelism Method
Evangelism Methods Have you ever used the Curiosity Evangelism Method? If you've never heard of it then you've been missing some outstanding opportunities. Basically it simply involves doing something that sparks peoples curiosity. This can be opening a package with a message inside, but don't reveal the message right away. You can play part of a Christian song, but only part. Don't play the other … [Read more...]
When Did You Last Offer Jesus a Drink Of Water?
This incredibly moving video will and should set us all up with a challenge "When did I last offer a drink of water to Jesus". (Matthew 25:31ff) This is not about trying to be generous. This is not about trying to be a better person. This is not about trying to do charity. This is about having a change of heart! The famous prayer of St Francis starts by saying: "Make me an instrument of your … [Read more...]
I’m A Missionary – Raising Support- Next step
I'm learning to communicate better with missionary speak and GRN are going to help me write up a brochure to send out to all their contacts and all mine as well.What happens is I write up a few hundred words and they edit it appropriately.Now of course there is the problem of what to write.I obviously don't have a problem writing things down. The question is of course what not to write down. … [Read more...]