Culture Wars
For the last few weeks I’ve become increasingly aware of the way certain parts of the Conservative Church are obsessed with fighting a culture war that we have already lost, at the expense of the Gospel. It shouldn’t come as …
Category: Evangelism
The Archbishop’s Remarks this morning
No, not the Thought for the Day but the interview afterwards. The reality is that where you have a good vicar you will find growing churches. … [The church] needs to be very flexible in how it engages locally and …
The Urgency of Evangelism
Sermon preached this morning at St Mary Bredin, Canterbury. [audio: 130512sermon.mp3]
Tim Rice, Master Evangelist?
We opened Holy Week with Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice’s Palm Sunday pieces. Now on Good Friday it’s worth returning again to how the pair present the crucifixion and questions around it. If you stop and listen to the questions …
“I am not ashamed of the gospel…”
Speaks for itself really. H/T The Clone
The State We’re In
Some profound wisdom this morning from Vic. —- Once upon a time there were some pointyheads (aka bishops) who realised that less people were coming to their churches and playing with them and God. They looked at the falling numbers …