You were summoned personally. Called. Handpicked by grace.. Five Superb Things You Should Know Now You’re a Follower of Jesus This sounds like the beginning of a Bond film — I want to address my friend ‘M’ (they know who they are), but it’s also for you if you are a follower of Jesus… So, you’ve said yes… Read More »
A look at what on Earth is happening. I’m one of a growing number that have decided to make Catalyst’s Emmanuel Church in Sheffield, home. It’s growing, thriving and full of life, so you might understand my contempt for the media that says the church is in decline and irrelevant. It’s as if Jesus had made a Trumpian… Read More »
For everyone – what about ‘them’? You’ve heard about ‘the baptism’ at the Jordan River… There’s water—a river full and flowing—and then there’s the voice of heaven breaking through it. When Jesus came up out of the Jordan, dripping wet, filled with the Spirit, marked by the approval of the Father, something shifted. Not just the landscape. The… Read More »
an alternative “Word & Spirit” approach… John 16:13 – “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth…” There comes a moment in every generation when the people of God must stop surveying and admiring the landscape and start walking the path. Spectating or participating… Jonathan Edwards once said, “The task of every… Read More »
Or are you a follower of Christ? This is a question we’ve all heard or answered for ourselves… At some point in the distant past, somewhere along the way, “ask Jesus into your heart” became the Christian buzz phrase. It’s short. It’s simple. It fits neatly into a tweet, but the gospel was never set out to be… Read More »
Stillness isn’t passive — it’s defiant trust in a restless world. Drop the noise. Open the Word. Light the fire again. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” — Psalm 46:10 (ESV) I heard this verse again on Sunday — not for the… Read More »