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Chat 3: Rob on “Reading Better”

Chat 3: Rob on “Reading Better”

As you’ll hear; Rob is my clever friend. He’s a lecturer at the Cornerstone Institute (www.cornerstone.ac.za) in Cape Town, and he does a huge amount of reading on Theology. He is the guy I go to when I’m completely stumped on something. I actually usually drive away from our coffees together feeling even more confused; [...]

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Chat 2: Brett on “Loving Church”

Chat 2: Brett on “Loving Church”

Brett and I moved in the same church circles for years, and we see eye to eye on many issues. Apart from being the guy who named my cats, we have had some great conversations which I hope have stretched us both in our thinking and faith. He is a friend who isn’t afraid to [...]

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Chat 1: Philen on “Real Africa”

Chat 1: Philen on “Real Africa”

WARNING: Contains some bad language. I’ve known Philen for a good 5 years or so now. He has been one of those friends who has pushed my thinking and made me realise that I’m a ‘white’ Christian, and there is some baggage that comes with that, even if I don’t always see it. He has [...]

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Talk 4: No Spectators

Talk 4: No Spectators

I’m away preaching at the moment, at a church in KZN, so for this month, while I’m away, I’ll be posting some of the messages I’m giving here instead of writing. The church I’m preaching to here is in the process of trying to find a new Senior Pastor and I felt like God was [...]

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Talk 3: Relevant

Talk 3: Relevant

For most Christians ‘relevance’ is a dirty word which smacks of compromise, but it seems the early Christians worked really hard to be relevant in the ways they spoke about the ‘good news’. This is a message I gave to one of the evening services while up in KZN on being relevant and accessible in [...]

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Talk 2: Big Picture

Talk 2: Big Picture

Week three speaking at this church and I used the story of Jonah to speak to the guys about our tendency to make church about ourselves and reminding them of God’s big mission to rescue everything. Leave me your thoughts. Enjoy.

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Talk 1: Save Now!

Talk 1: Save Now!

Week two preaching at this church and I gave a message on the idea of ‘salvation’ and how we make it too small in most of our churches. I believe that a big reason churches have become so inward focused is because of this bad picture most of us have of what ‘salvation’ means, and [...]

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