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Tag Archives: Kingdom of God
The Stone the Builders Rejected
Jesus once told a story about a vineyard that was being managed by tenant farmers who ultimately proved to be untrustworthy. You can read the story in Matthew’s gospel, chapter 21 and verses 33 – 41. The story is a … Continue reading
The Church and the Community – A Reflection from My Hometown
I was recently in my hometown of Luton, England. When I moved away in the 1980s the population was around 170,000 and there were by my count 70 churches in the town. Today the population is close to 210,000 and … Continue reading
I Am Christian & Not Charlie
Those who have seen my Facebook page will know that I have been using the Arabic letter Nun as my profile picture. I, and others have done this to express solidarity with the suffering of Christians in Northern Iraq and … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Culture, Islam, Kingdom of God, Nations, Society
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In Him Was Life
Nicolai Gogol’s 19th century work Dead Souls is regarded as one of the great Russian novels. Set within vivid images of the rural life of the land-owning class, it is a commentary on the condition of serfdom before that class … Continue reading
Life On The Farm – A Resurrection Lesson
Today my sons showed me their farms. Andrew, aged 12, took me around his grand-father’s farm where he has spent his spring break working. He took me to see the places where he had been filling empty post-holes, and other … Continue reading
Hallelujah – a Reflection on the Isaiah 19 Highway
The Old Testament prophet Isaiah speaks of an International Highway with the words: “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians … Continue reading
Posted in Missions, Nations, Teaching and Meditations
Tagged Kingdom of God, Missions, Prayer
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What Became Possible?
Earlier this week I was challenged by the words of a 72-year-old lady who has a profound ministry of intercessory prayer. She said: “God showed me that if we actually prayed into what wasn’t there He would bring it into … Continue reading
Project Javelin
In 1988 a group of British guys working with the church in Burkina Faso, West Africa, launched a mobile village evangelism ministry. Named Project Javelin because Joshua was commanded by the Lord to hold up his javelin toward Ai with … Continue reading
A Josiah Spirit and a Caleb Spirit
Since the late 1990s I have regularly spoken to a men’s meeting of about fifty guys at a local Methodist Church. I usually talk about Christian ministry in the West African nations of Niger and Burkina Faso. The men’s group … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Kingdom of God, Missions, Richmond
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The Importance of Team Work
Can you believe it! A Brit has won the Tour de France. For the first time in ninety-nine runnings of the greatest cycle race in the world, a British guy has won. This may be the greatest British victory in … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Kingdom of God, Nations
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THE FULLER REPORT 