Planted by Water

I was teaching on Bible Overview in the church here last night, and we were considering the prophetic pitcures of the age to come contained in Isaiah, particularly that of the Lion lying down with the Lamb. I then had an email this morning from one of our church members, Dan Lush, showing that he had really grasped the significance of this! He gave a helpful link here. I’m glad to see that my teaching inspires people …

I’ve been with the students from the School of the Word in Cardiff today. We’ve been looking at worldviews that have contributed to the shaping of our societies. Last time I was with them it was the Pre-Modern, religious worldviews. Today it was the Modern worldviews that emerged from the Enlightenment in the 18th Century and that still dominate a lot of people’s thinking. Part of this involves a rejection of God’s revelation of truth and a …

Yesterday I wrote about our passion for God, the fire in our bellies. But God is also a God of fire. We no longer come to Mount Sinai but God is still a consuming fire. And as he spoke to us of passion he reminded us of his refining and purifying fire. We were reminded of Elijah who both called down fire and rain from heaven and we felt God saying to us that fire comes before the …

God has been speaking to us as a church here in Huddersfield about a key to experiencing his Presence - namely, maintaining our passion for him! God does not turn up for the casual and the complacent. He is looking for a people who are continually on fire for him. People who are passionate in their love for him, in worshipping, in praying, in serving him, in pursuing his purposes, in reaching the lost and in practicalisng that …

After making my posting about Jim Wallis yesterday, It was pointed out to me he was on the radio that afternoon, being interviewed by Simon Mayo on Radio Five Live. I’m not sure if they’ll put it on the Listen Again on the web, but if they do, I recommend it. He came across as clearly evangelical, with a genuine desire to apply biblical faith to real, pressing social and global issues like poverty and the Iraq war. He sounded humane, intelligent, warm, bold and real, a man of integrity …

I receive regular emails from LICC (the London Insititue for Contemporary Christianity) whom I would recommend for some of their comment on current affairs and cultural issues. Mark Greene is especially good. I was pleased to see that they were recommedning a book that I reviewed on my blog back on 6th September 2005 called God’s Politics by Jim Wallis. He is presently on a tour of Uk to promote his book (including in Manchester but I …