The Parable Of The Sower To be efficient in our evangelism churches would do well to target those most likely to respond, Right? Actually no. While it may sound like good business practice the church is not, or at least should not be, a business. Last Sunday, in the first of a series of Sermons …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Singing
... or how to grow a congregation. Like it or not, music is important in the life of a local church. It is one of the things that helps congregations to grow, and also one of the things that divides. Getting the negative bit out of the way, forcing a congregation into a style of music …
Truth
Nice sermon, Vicar. Said often enough in churches, yet when asked what they dislike about Church one of the biggies that always comes up is boring sermons. Yet those who preach seem to be unaware that maybe they are among those who add to Sunday morning tedium. It's all down to dishonesty Which is sad, …
Defriending Christians
Anti-social media Following the brexit vote, I friend of mine made this announcement on Facebook: Seems a lot of Christians on here, when it comes to politics, have temporarily forgotten what "love your neighbour as yourself" means... So I have had to temporarily unfollow some folks due to that... A sad indictment. Some of the …
6 reasons the Biblical Law is fair.
Reason 1 — It is proportional. The penalty for theft was to pay back twice what was stolen. You steal a £1 loaf of bread, you are fined £2. That's £1 to pay back the loaf and you are out of by £1 which is the cost of hat you stole. But if a bank employee …
Terrorism and France
Terrorists have struck again. Earlyyesterday in St Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, two terrorists armed with knives entered a church, murdered the elderly priest F, Jacques Hamel, by cutting his throat and taking hostages. This is what martyrdom looks like. The terrorists were later shot by police. President Francois Hollande has described the attack as cowardly assassination, and has blamed Islamic State …
5 odd ways to be good
God is good. The Christians like to sing that in their children's songs. In the adult songs the wording can be more sophisticated, but the meaning is the same. Jesus is God. the churches also teach that to their children and adults. It is part of standard Trinitarian theology, (sorry about the big words). So …
The vibe of the Sabbath
This blog is a reply I made to The Vible's blog "The Vibe of the Sabbath" I even stole their image. So God used so much energy that he needed to rest. Really? God does not need to rest, and the Sabbath was not created for God. Jesus said that The Sabbath was created for …
Who is in charge?
The politics of me. Who runs the country? Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned, and will no longer be Prime Minister, the Parliamentary Labour Party have revolted overwhelmingly against their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage has stood down. Post Brexit Britain is in turmoil. Over on the other side of the Atlantic …
Dark space
Back in June, I spoke about the corporate and personal sides of what the apostle Paul spoke about in Ephesians 3, in the blogs Loads More and Let's Get Personal. I said I would get back to say how this affects me personally, so here it is two weeks late. Some Christians give what they …
Making an ass of myself 