So exactly how does God guide us? Nicky Gumbel in his brilliant book “Questions of Life” talks about the five CS’s.* Circumstantial Signs, Common Sense, Commanding Scripture, Compelling Spirit and Counsel of the Saints. When I was school chaplain at… Read More »The Five CS’S
How does God guide us? For so many young people this is a burning question. My headmaster said to me, “There are two major decisions everyone faces in life. The first is a decision about who you marry. The second… Read More »Guiding Us
If anyone asked you what Jesus emphasised the most in his teaching, what would you say? I think my first response would be “forgiving others”. Why was He adamant that if we did not forgive others, we ourselves would not… Read More »Forgiving Others
Shortly after becoming a Christian I came across a book by Merlin Carothers called Prison to Praise.1 In it he tells of his rebellion against God, triggered by the death of his father when he was 12. His service in… Read More »Prison to Praise
One of the most important talks I have ever heard was given by Brent Rue. In 1988 my wife and I drove 600 miles from Grahamstown to Johannesburg to attend a Vineyard Conference at which John Wimber and Brent Rue… Read More »Letting God Love you
Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. (Psalm 62:8 NASB) Many years ago this verse jumped off the page at me as I was reading my Bible.… Read More »Pouring Out Our Hearts
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… would smell as sweet. But would it? Do names matter? I profoundly believe they do. I was baptised “Michael John”, named after a young Christian man who died as a bomber pilot in WW2. But at the Preparatory school… Read More »A Rose by Any Other Name …
I have the privilege of training a group of teenagers to lead their own cells, and we meet once a week on Zoom. Recently one of them asked me whether, if we have more faith, our prayers are more likely… Read More »More Faith?
So what answer did you come up with? You remember that in my last post I asked the question, “Why did Peter sink?” Not a difficult question! He took his eyes off Jesus and started to focus on the waves.… Read More »Eyes on the Lord