Planted by Water

Over the last week or so, this blog has hosted the start of a debate (of sorts) concerning what happens in the end times and has included references to dispensationalism, pre-millenialism (or pessi-millenialism as some caricatured it!), post-millenialism (or posi-millenialism), preterism, futurism and Covenant Theology etc. I am grateful for those involved for responding to my appeal to ensure that their disagreements were expressed graciously. However, I am aware from people that I meet and who I …

I enjoyed being with Covenant Life church in Leicester this Sunday - this is one of the congregations of the church, the other being in Melton Mowbray, which I will be visiting in a few weeks time. They are a great bunch of people and it was good to see that they are growing, witnessing people being saved and healed recently; and they have great plans for a healing crusade to all the outlying small towns and villages. Covenant Life Church is led by Bryan …

In thinking about and discussing the idea of changing the world, it is important, as with any discussion and debate, that we do not set as opposites things that are not opposite, or mutually exclusive. It is not a case of either preaching for personal salvation or contributing to changes in society. We can and should do both. As I have often said, I agree with Howard Snyder who saw personal salvation as central in God’s …

I liked this brief account of an interview with Eugene Peterson (writer of The Message) from LICC, about how words can become so cliched among Christians. I guess one thing you could never accuse Peterson of is being cliched (sorry I don’t know how to get an ‘e acute’ with my current typing facilities for my blog!) but I do feel it is a little unfair of him to quote actual Bible …

We had a great time last Sunday when Richard Anniss, leading elder of King’s Church Manchester, came to minister to us (he is pictured here with his wife, Judith). He brought an excellent word on ‘now we are a people’, called for a purpose and equipped with power. It is so important to realise that the church is a people, not just some people, a community and not just …

I thought I’d take a break from changing the world today! Instead, just a quick thought from recent reflections on the Word (which is of course the great source of world-changing truth and which we must be rooted in if we are going to be world-changers!) I was reading recently about Absalom’s rebellion against his father, King David. It all came about because he wanted to be a king, and, of course he failed (though not until thousands of people …