August 2010 - INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN FINANCE (2 Corinthians 8:16-24)
There are few more emotive subjects in the life of the local church or in mission than the topic of finances and how they are handled. And it is clear from the ...
July 2010 - FAITH AND MISSION (Hebrews 11:8-11,39,40)
It is easy to believe God when our plans are going well and we feel secure. But when God calls us to something for which we don’t have a detailed schedule and w ...
June 2010 - RISK AND MISSION (Luke 10:3; 2 Corinthians 11:23-28)
I have always been challenged by the three lists in 2 Corinthians (4:8-12, 6:4-10; 11:23-28), where Paul mentions some of the risks and calamities he faced in h ...
May 2010 - COMPASSION - THE HEART OF GOD (Psalm 146:5-10)
‘He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry...The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow’ (vv 7,9).
Thes ...
April 2010 - DISCIPLESHIP AND TRANSFORMATION (Titus 2)
In this chapter, Paul deals with the transformation that is supposed to take place in the lives of believers. He encourages Titus to address the various church ...
April 2010 - PROFILE: ANDREW & AMANDA KIRK
We were not brought up in Christian families, although we both went to church Sunday schools for some of our childhood. For Andrew, Christianity became a person ...
March 2010 - SPIRITUAL WARFARE - A REALITY IN MISSION (Ephesians 6:12; Matthew 4:1-11)
‘For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritu ...
February 2010 - TRAINING OTHERS, PREPARING FUTURE LEADERS (2 Timothy 2:1,2)
During our lives, there are sometimes difficult lessons we have to learn. For many in church leadership, though, perhaps the hardest lesson is “it doesn’t all d ...
January 2010 - GOD’S MISSION HEART AND URBAN EVANGELISM (Jonah 3 & 4:11)
“Should I not be concerned?”
“And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city…?” (Jonah 4:11).
Jonah is well known for his strong dislike of Nineveh. In the sh ...
December 2009 - PRACTICAL REALITY OF PARTNERSHIP (Philippians 4:10-20)
How do we support those engaged in mission work? Paul asks quite specifically for prayer (for example in Col. 4:2-6) and no work of God will prosper without the ...
November 2009 - RIGHT ATTITUDES AND RIGHT FOCUS (Philippians 4:4-9)
As Paul gets towards the end of this outstanding letter he brings in his brilliant, inspired and pithy injunctions. They are aimed at Christians facing discoura ...
October 2009 - MISSION'S ULTIMATE GOAL (Philippians 3:12-21)
We live in important and serious times. If you are a businessman, a stockbroker or a financial planner, you have probably been on a roller-coaster ride over the ...
September 2009 - CHRISTIAN PRIORITIES (Philippians 3:1-11)
Paul's credentials were faultless. He was a circumcised Jew, 'a Hebrew of the Hebrews' (v5), an Israelite and therefore a member of God's chosen people, and 'a ...