Teapot Theology

Single-minded and unhappy? Duke discusses…

Bible Fresh; 6XT’s and the 30th March at the LICC

Ipod fast, not chocolate this Lent?

Tim Kellers Church-planting London lectures all in pdf format

Reasons we’re slack in our bible reading: An EA resource

Consumerism gets us all, but with these testamints you get a whole other league of option!!

A perennial question:- Do pets go to hell!?

Is Twitter, really, a leadership tool?

….. and this genius summary from Dallas Willard:- ” The hope of the world is for Christian people to become disciples of Jesus!”

‘Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate.’ Seth Godin

“The single most important thing to understand in spiritual theology is that it is not about theology … it is a cultivated disposition to live Jesus.”

Christ Plays in a Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a person perfected without trials - Chinese Proverb

Today I had great fun, preaching from Nehemiah 2 v 1-10 and I didn’t even set the passage! Most of you know I’ve been brought back to this book, time-after-time….. I took a different tack to the passage, and resisted checking over previous preaches from this passage!

I contend that it’s often the hardest thing to  turn intention into action! Yetwithal making it happen is vital! My original thought is this:- Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace!

1. Be patient; Passionately pray and responsibly serve. v.1b

2. Be bold; Let your fears feed your faith! v. 2-3

3. Be dependent. v. 4

4. Be prepared. v. 5-8a

5. Be expectant. v. 8b

“I would rather walk in the dark with God than go alone in the light. I would rather walk with Him by faith than walk alone by sight.” Mary Gardner Brainard

“Community is the place where the person you least want to live with, always lives.“ Henri Nouwen

possible one of my most favourite quotations of all time!

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing”
Helen Keller

‘An ounce of accomplishment is worth a ton of good intentions.’
Friedrich Engels

“I don’t know how radical you are, or how radical I am. I am certainly not radical enough: that is, one must always try to be as radical as reality itself.”
Lenin

“When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.”
Charles L Allen