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I AM THE EXODUS; EAT ME
Starting this Sunday at Redeemer Central we will be beginning our new series I AM THE EXODUS; EAT ME. Join us as we walk from Egypt to Sinai and hear an amazing story of hope, salvation, resurrection, liberation, justice, release, imagination and alternative.
A river not a lake
On Sunday we had the pleasure of joining with our friends at City Church in Belfast. If you missed the preach you can get the audio here ................
Tags: Preaching
TenPercent - Jesus does not want your tithe
On Sunday at Redeemer I gave the second of 2 talks on being a generous people. The first talk looked at 2 Corinthians chapter 8, where Paul, frustrated at the sidetracking Corinthians uses an example of an extraordinary generous church to demonstrate what being a people of grace looks like. He roots generosity firmly in the extravagant generosity that has already been displayed to us in Jesus Christ, who for our sake, even though we were still sinners, became poor, so that we might become rich. You can ready the article I wrote based on that talk here. In the second talk we looked at why Jesus doesn't want your tithe. I am going to try and capture the basics of that talk here, the audio should be online shortly.
Everything Must Go - Jesus Christ Superstore
On Wednesday night at CityGroup we had a great time of worship, teaching and discussion. We began our new mini-series Everything Must Go - The implications of being a missional church. Around candle lit tables we sang, listened and threw out thoughts and questions, all incredibly helpful and challenging stuff. The audio of the talk will not be made available but I hope to be able to capture some of what we looked at here.
Tags: Christianity, Church, Church planting, CityGroup, Community, Faith, Made me think, Preaching, Teaching
Every leader should watch this
An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders.
Tags: communication, Conferences, Leadership, Made me think, Music, Preaching, Teaching
Viva la difference
Yesterday I had the privilege of being asked to go and speak at our Redeem:Women event. Privilege you say? Yes, it’s a women only event that Redeemer Central run to gather women together to worship, pray and hear teaching that is specific to them. So yes it was a privilege to be there. To be able to see the number of women that we have at Redeemer who are passionate about Jesus was really encouraging. So why was I, a man, there? I had been asked to come and speak to the group on the roles of women within Redeemer Central. No mean task! In the near future we will be publishing a paper on this, but in the meantime I thought I would share the overview that I gave at Redeem:Women.
Tags: Christianity, Church, Community, Life, Made me think, Newfrontiers, Preaching, Redeem:Women
Narrative breakdown
It's not often that you hear preachers using well placed and carefully crafted narrative as a key part of their sermon. It's how Jesus communicated, so why have many moved away from it? Here's an excellent lesson in the power of a well delivered, carefully crafted story from the excellent communicator Malcolm Gladwell.
Tags: Christianity, Church, Preaching