What is one-to-one discipleship? What we are talking about here has a variety of different names – one-to-one’s, mentoring, discipling relationships. Some of the names can seem more intimidating than others. But essentially one-to-one discipleship is a wonderful way for… Read More »The Value of Christian One to One Discipleship
Here are 10 quick suggestions, accompanied by examples from 2nd Samuel. 1) Try and grasp the overall point of the book. The overall point of 2nd Samuel is that God is establishing an eternal kingdom through David. Even David’s grotesque… Read More »How Do we Interpret Old Testament Narrative?
Your non-Christian friend asks you what you did this weekend and you have two choices: tell them about your family walk on Saturday or what you learnt at Church on Sunday. You’ve been having a class discussion and someone’s asked… Read More »PALS: How to Discuss Jesus with our Friends
Recently, I finished the study book ‘Growing in gratitude’ with one of my friends. My motivations for choosing to study this book were far from the title of the book, simply because the front cover was very pretty (haha), vain,… Read More »Growing in Gratitude
Christians are urged to rejoice with those who rejoice, but what to we do when we find it hard to rejoice with others?
I have a love-hate relationship with Christian books that major on the ‘How Tos’. Whilst I have appreciated and found value in some of them, I also find them quite draining at times and I could never quite put my… Read More »Our Endless Pursuit of the Victorious Looking Christian Life
What’s in the Store cupboard? Ice-cream, cake, easy microwave meals quickly bought, quickly gone, or are the staples there: meat or pulses, veg and fruit, milk and cheese, flour and pasta, rice: things that can be drawn upon to make… Read More »What’s in the Store Cupboard?
Living in America, the size of our car is noticeable. Not because it is big, but because it is small. In a country whose best-selling vehicle is a pick-up truck, and where SUVs dominate the roads, our little Chevrolet Sonic… Read More »Power in Evangelism
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out I am brave, I am bruised I am who I’m meant to be, this is me” – The Greatest Showman When I lived… Read More »Where Can I be Accepted For Just Being Me?
A ‘Passion For Evangelism’ discussion on Rachael Denhollander’s ‘What is a girl worth?’ ‘The darkness is there and we cannot ignore it. But we can let it point us to the light.’ Rachael Denhollander I first heard Rachael’s voice when… Read More »Abuse, Shame and Jesus