How total depravity upends attractionalism ‘What I fear happens in attractional churches across the globe every Sunday, is that people sit in these services and
Guest post: FIEC Pastor’s network day (Manchester)
On Thurday, I attended the Manchester FIEC Pastor’s Network Day with my friend, Andy Smith. Andy is in the process of affiliating his church to FIEC and I thought it would be interesting, given this was his first time at one of these events, to get his perspective on how he found things. This is what he wrote: Our church is in the process of joining the FIEC so I attended the regional networking day for FIEC pastors in Manchester. At this
Prove your worth by leading as though you aren’t needed
I’ve never particularly needed to feel valued or validated by compliments. To be honest, I don’t really know what to do with compliments. I was
“Despite Brexit”
It is funny how the ‘despite Brexit’ mantra still persists. Happily, since it has been called out, media outlets have stopped using it. Less happily,
A few thoughts on that Liam Neeson interview
If you haven’t come across it, you can read the interview in the Independent here. If you can’t be bothered to read all that, you
Act as though there are visitors in the room
I mentioned yesterday that I was preaching at a different church on Sunday. It was really nice because it is a church of people I
