All Posts

Here’s all the posts. Over 20 years of writing about prophecy, the church, the Spirit, and the Scriptures that hold it all together. Some posts are short. Some go deep. All of it is honest. Start anywhere. Enjoy.

 

Dark moments of life

If you want God’s best in your life and desire to make your life count, you likely need to be prepared to travel a road that includes a measure of

The Return

The Urgent Question of Christ’s Return As a new Christian in a Pentecostal church, I grew up with the regular question, “Can Jesus return at any moment?” It affected everything

That pioneering spirit …

Having recently read Andrew Wilson’s brilliant book “Remaking the World,” I have been reflecting on the early days of America’s pioneers and settlers.It’s hard not to be inspired by the

An observation

My Observation: The Remarkable Gift of Prophecy in the UK Church Recently, a Canadian church leader asked me about prophecy in the UK Church. Like everywhere else, we face different

The gospel?

As a missional church, we’ve been exploring various ways to share the gospel. From the simplicity of the 3 Circles to the depth of Alpha, any tool is better than

An Invitation to the Improbable.

An Invitation to the Improbable. When Jesus tells us to leave things behind and follow Him, amidst a vast array of theological and lifestyle changes, it is also an invitation

Keep the tank full!

Keeping the ‘Encouragement Tank’ full Have you ever run a marathon? The thing that carries you through the final three or four miles of the gruelling, muscle-numbing race is the

The great quote…

“The task of every generation is to discover in which direction the Sovereign Redeemer is moving, then move in that direction. It’s a brilliant quote—often attributed to Jonathan Edwards; however,

Flourish…

A few years ago, thanks to the generosity of my brother and sister-in-law, I had the privilege of visiting and touring a vast expanse of Lebanon, which included a trip

Life for a look!

Easter has just passed, and I found myself reading John 3:14-15, where Jesus refers to Numbers 21:4-9.Both are well-known texts, but what strikes me is the way that Jesus, in

The gospel palimpsest!

I discovered a new word recently. Well, I’ll come clean: I heard it on Radio 4 as I drove to work, and after looking it up in the dictionary, I

Naming Elders!

It is intriguing to note that in the bible narrative where Moses appoints seventy elders for Israel and brings them before God for God to anoint them with the Holy