Archive | March, 2010

Easter Challenge…

I was at a gig last week with something like 200 people gathered to hear the band play.

And I began to wonder… “what would it take to convert these people?”

As the band played it began to dawn on me that their best chance would be for each of them to read the Bible and in so doing give the Spirit opportunity to  illuminate and convict them of the truth of the gospel as they read it.

So I began to pray that each of the people there would meet someone who would ask them to read the bible with them and I left the gig with a challenge to myself… ask 6 people to read the bible with me who aren’t Christians by the end of the year and to come up with a A1 poster to put outside church to challenge the passer-by to do it on their own.

Chuck the question out there this week “have you read the bible for yourself as an adult?” and offer an invite to read it with them.

ExChristian…

This blog exists for the express purpose of encouraging those who have decided to leave religion (Christianity) behind. It is not an open challenge to Christians to avenge what they perceive as an offense against their religious beliefs.

http://new.exchristian.net/

Website Review | Whos Jesus?


Christianity Works has developed this WHOSJESUS  to detail and explain the life of Jesus and his relevance.

It gives the website viewer access to the Jesus All About Life book; video answers to common questions and replys to common objections to the Christian faith.

Its an interactive and modern design for a website and looks a whole lot better than other ‘who is jesus’ websites currently out there. This website is clever in choosing the topics that appeal to our broken and selfish world as well as including stories that are of interest and perhaps relevant: Forgiveness; Shattered Lives; Healing;  Columbine High School – Rachel’s Story; What I really want?; What is Christianity and Who is Jesus?

Practically though, it is a little difficult to navigate and you can easily miss out on the goodness that is locked away. You need to have intuative navagation skills to make the most of this website I think. One thing that becomes quite annoying is that you have to open little windows for each bit you want to explore and to move on from that scree you can’t just click on something else you have to click the X.  I think I would not be alone to find this annoying  – but it isn’t the end of the world, just got to remember to click X before wanting to click something else.

The site is also a little mysterious. We are not introduced to the voices that you are listening to and their isn’t much consistency between the media chosen. Every little section has different voice backing the video, some are more 80s than others and some are just still pictures with audio clips.

Plus, there isn’t much much opportunity to go further or to be followed up. But hopefully  if you were referred to the site by a friend you could ask them further information about how to become a follower of Jesus.

Nevertheless, the guys have built this site to keep sharing the story of Christ Jesus. Its interactive nature means you do spend more time on the website and as such sees you exploring more. I pray God uses this site to win people to him.

Consequences…

SPIDER – A short film written by Nash Edgerton & David Michôd.

Reincarnation vs Gospel of Jesus…

image from creativemyk

Reincarnation operates on the notion of karma:  we get what we deserve.

The gospel of Jesus Christ operates on the notion of grace:  we get what we don’t deserve.

The first sounds a great deal more exhausting than the latter. And if we take a hard long look at ourselves we all deserve to come back as a cockroach. I’m thankful that justice was nailed to the tree but so mercy can overflow to us.

18 Confessions… Staddling both worlds | 2

My hope is that this series of posts "18 Confessions" will deepen the believers empathy 
for those seeking out the faith and bring insight into the internal wrestles of a new
Christian or perhaps if you relate to the thoughts or struggles in  these posts that
you would consider the lasting satisfaction and joy that can  only be found in Jesus.

Easter Resources…

Has your church thought about making the most of Easter by doing a letter box drop inviting your parish to church?

Thought about it but don’t know anyone who could do you up a nice little postcard to get printed? Not every church has within its body of believers a gifted graphic desinger. So Praise God he has gifted his wider church with people who are willing to share their gifts in this area.

A website I am frequenting a lot a the moment is CreativeMYK. Its inspiring and has some great graphics I am using for our welcome screen at church and also for my macbooks background. My favourite image is this one at the moment. This site is full of sermon slides images, great scripture graphics, and resources for event brochures, postcards, powerpoint etc.

Some are .jpg, some are .psd which you can edit in Illustrator and customise them to your church needs. Either way this is a valuable resource to any church.

And I quote…

On becoming a Christian:

18 Confessions… A Mockery of God | 1

Just recently I have stumbled over old emails and journals from when I first became a Christian. Most quotes have been taken directly from my journal or emails so sorry for the grammar – I’ve tried to keep them as true as possible to the stream of conscience that wrote it.

Its obvious as I read these that my idols were relationships… friends and boys! I really believed that you are only as great as the friends you have around you. I didn’t want to surrender them to God. Some things are just funny and some are insightful.

My hope is that this series of posts “18 Confessions” will deepen your empathy for those seeking out the faith and the internal wrestles of a new Christian or perhaps if you relate to the thoughts in these posts that you would consider the lasting satisfaction that can only be found in Jesus.

Who is Jesus?

Read more about who Jesus is here

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