Category Archives: Worship, Music and Song

Ancient Missional Adrenaline

KFC Church When I read the book of Acts, I really want to be a believer, a lover, a follower of Christ. I’m glad to be. I’m proud to be. When I go to church, I often feel like there’s something very important missing and I can be left feeling like I do when IContinue reading “Ancient Missional Adrenaline”

Russell Brand’s ‘Manifestations of the Infinite’

It’s been another harrowing week on planet earth. The terrible atrocities in Paris and Nigeria (and elsewhere not covered by the media) have again functioned as the exclamation mark for the statement of our times – of threat, fear, violence and deceit – churned out from terrorist groups all around the world: “we will strikeContinue reading “Russell Brand’s ‘Manifestations of the Infinite’”

What is the origin of the term “Christmas?”

Originally posted on OneDaring Jew:
Here are two explanations of the derivation of the word “Christmas.” 1. The word Christ stems from the Middle and Old English word Crist meaning the anointed one, the Lord’s Anointed. It is borrowed from the Latin Christus and from the Greek Christos also meaning the anointed one. The Greek…

Incomparable

A friend recently gave me a copy of Andrew Wilson’s fine book Incomparable, by all accounts a modern day equivalent of J I Packer’s Knowing God. Wilson’s book is a concise, snappy, whimsical, high-calibre study of the character of God and even in the opening chapters there are some nuggets that landed in my heartContinue reading “Incomparable”

Reclaiming Rest

It’s 1:30am, the middle of the night, and you’re wide awake struggling to sleep. What’s more, you really need to sleep because you have to be up early the next day or you’ve got an important presentation to give at work or you’re speaking at church. It’s tough when you don’t sleep and you haveContinue reading “Reclaiming Rest”

: Lonely (My God & My All)

In my last three articles, what I’ve been trying to say is that the three words Lengthy, Lingering and Lonely are words that strike me as being absolutely critical to 1) Jesus’ own personal, perfect and powerful relationship with the Father and 2) an emphasised lifestyle of prayer that Jesus models as our Lord andContinue reading “: Lonely (My God & My All)”