Monday Fun from the 80's

Thought it was time we had some Monday Fun again. This one is from the 80's. Perhaps a good launch pad for an 80's week on Outthere?

Latte and Lord's Supper

Thought provoking article on replacing the Lord's Table with coffee bars. The question of the formative value of the Lord's Table as opposed to a coffee bar is one worth pondering.

Atheist humour

This is funny. The British Humanist Association's advertising campaign Please Don't Label Me features a picture of two children. What they didn't realise was that the two children are from an evangelical family! Read more here and here

Grudem on Grudem

Some of you are just going to love this. It looks like Wayne Grudem lecturing on all the topics of his Systematic Theology on MP3. And its all free!

Hardcore shock

This article alerted me to a piece by Oliver James which shocked me with the stat that 93% of boys and 62% of girls will have viewed hardcore pornography by age 18. That is truly shocking!

James' article is a very informative piece on the impact pornography can have on families.

Planning and Preparing

This video made me think.

A month's a long time in ministry

It's almost a month since I have posted anything. And a lot has changed! I'm now living in Scotland and pastoring Glasgow Elim.

The transition has been fairly smooth. We have been made to feel very welcome by the people of Glasgow Elim. It feels as though we have been there for a lot longer than three weeks! I am surprised at how "at home" we feel already.

Glasgow Elim has a very different profile to Elim Church Crawley. It is a church that is well known nationally and internationally and has hosted some very well known Christian leaders; we've just finished a week of ministry with John and Carol Arnott and Sharon Stone. And then I'm preaching next Sunday. No pressure, just privilege.

The children are getting used to new schools. God has been very gracious in the way in which he has made a way for them.

I don't often share personal stuff on this blog, but I think I should share this.

We were a little apprehensive about Jonny moving to a new secondary school - and he was too.

We encouraged him to see it as an opportunity to prove God. I felt that God was speaking to us through the story of Jehoash visiting the dying Elisha. It's that story about him striking the ground with the arrows three times, when he should have struck it six times (2 Kings 13.14-18). Anyway, he got three victories over Aram and was publicly successful. However, he could have had so much more (2 Kings 13.25). I encouraged Jonny to believe God for real success and favour at his new school instead of just hoping to make it through. And he has risen to the challenge and is finding that the Lord is really helping him.

Thanks for all your prayers - but do keep praying!