Conflict Resolution in the Church

‘I’ll sue’ are popular words today, and there are people out there who are ready to help you do it. We are pestered by telesales people who inform us that we have had an accident or some such thing and more than likely we will be able to get some money out of it. Things … Continue reading Conflict Resolution in the Church

Encountering God – Living and Building by the Wisdom of God

Church can be messy, very messy, it's not perfect. The church at Corinth was such, yes, the church that was birthed by God's grace through the ministry of Paul. They knew the presence and power of the Spirit, they were not lacking in any gift, yet they were also fleshly - behaving like the world from … Continue reading Encountering God – Living and Building by the Wisdom of God

Encountering God in the Church

Church gets a lot of negative press these days, with some saying that they are happy to believe in Jesus but want nothing to do with the church, and others talking about the potential end of it, and yet the church is the big idea of Jesus and what he said he would build, so we … Continue reading Encountering God in the Church

Living Loved

Love is frequently viewed as something that is earned - do well, respond to me in the right way and I will love you. Frequently that is pushed over onto God, and so people both non-Christian and Christian ending up trying to earn the love of God. But that's not how the Bible tells it. … Continue reading Living Loved

Not Frustrating the Grace of God Part 2

How do we frustrate the grace of God in our lives? Following on from last week's post let's explore what it means to frustrate the grace of God in our lives - some of these points flow immediately from Gal. 2:21 others in considering the subject in greater detail.... (If you have not read it, … Continue reading Not Frustrating the Grace of God Part 2