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Build your programmes around your people
Ok. So, carrying on from where we left off, when it comes to methods in the local church, the most important thing to realise is that the people are the local church. Ministries should be nothing more than structures that allow the body to be the body. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. –1 Corinthians 12:27 Chapter 12 makes a prolonged argument that every body part is different, designed
Only Jesus
"A Quiet Heart" by the SoundForth Singers & Orchestra has been a real God-send. One song in particular that has been a blessing is Only Jesus (words and music by Keith Ferguson and Bruce Greer). This song has been such an encouragement to me personally both from a doctrinal and musical standpoint. I will be touching on these two areas, more so on the musical side as the doctrine is clearly presented through the words
Those radical young leaders
I ended last weeks' discussion with the question of which church programmes to cut. The answer to this dilemma is to realise that programmes are methods. Here are some thoughts on methods: Methods follow philosophy. In other words, get your programmes in line with your theology. Don't do anything simply because that's how it's done. Be deliberate. Methods are rarely laid out in Scripture. Ok, so some things are laid out. The ordinances, preaching, using
A view of God
Exodus 8:10 "Be it according to thy word, that thou mayest know that there is none unto the LORD our God.” In recent times I have been reading through A.W. Tozer’s book “The Knowledge of the Holy”, it has been a deeply moving read to say the least. In his introduction, Tozer confronts the church’s view of the church, he writes: The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of