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Jesus calls us to be salt and light, change agents of the kingdom of God.
We like the metaphor of infusing, mainly because much of Seventy-two has emerged from conversation over good coffee! The challenge to be a thermostat, rather than a thermometer, is the challenge we share with leadership teams through the Re-imagine process as we are all influencers
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In a clear and unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 means biological sex. The terms ‘woman’, ‘man’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) refer to biological sex, the Supreme Court has judged. In a unanimous...
Preparing for Revival (2): A Hunger for Holiness and deep repentance.
With the growing sense of God’s heart for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit, across our nation, there’s a growing desire for holiness. This is very much in line with what, retrospectively, can be seen as ‘deep repentance’ across a much wider number of people when...
The Prayer Call of 1784.
In 1784, a call to prayer was issued among Baptist churches in England. These churches were in a state of serious decline, both in number and in spiritual vitality. John Sutcliff was the pastor of the Baptist church in Olney, Buckinghamshire for thirty-nine years. He...
Expressive individualism – What can we do about it? Part 3 of 3.
We had a great Leaders Day recently with Justin Brierley, exploring what he’s described as ‘the surprising rebirth of belief in God’. If you’re not familiar with Justin’s thesis he’s raising the question whether Matthew Arnolds’s ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar’...
Expressive Individualism. Why does it matter? Part 2 of 3
Expressive individualism - why does it matter? If you are a frog, you jump from a pot of boiling water. But if you are placed in a pot of tepid water that is gradually heated to boiling, you die. It’s been one way to explain why humans react quickly to sudden events...
Expressive individualism. What is it? Part 1 of 3
I was disappointed when "Brexit" wasn't accepted in a recent game of Scrabble—especially since it would have landed me a triple word score! I have a hunch it might already be included in a more current Scrabble dictionary. However, this contentious decision (it was my...
Thirsty – A dry and parched land
The first of a series of three on the desperate need for spiritual renewal in our lives, churches and land. churches and land. William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army is quoted as saying… ‘The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion...
Infusing Culture
We are now living within a post-modern secular cultural environment, which is increasingly challenging for Christians. Within living memory, the UK has shifted from regarding Christianity as the provider of a beneficial legacy, the values of which were for our benefit...
Holding the Light – Big Screens or small torches?
It was just a couple of days earlier that I had been exploring with one of our NWBA churches, the Gospel story of Jesus and the hungry crowd. But as I now sat in Hyde Park, with our late Queen's funeral being broadcasted to any ever-growing throng - it struck me that...
The Power of Presence
My friend was recently sharing with me his experience of serving as a chaplain to the queue to those attending the Queen’s Lying-in-State. As well as it being a deeply moving experience and the opportunities to listen, pray and care, he commented on the fact that...