Tim Chester explains the reasons that shape and order the church gatherings that he is part of. This is the same for us at mgpc. 1. We want the shape of our gatherings to embody the gospel We want the component parts of a gathering to be true to the gospel. But we want more …
Some grabs from yesterday. Contextualisation: Bringing the changeless message of the Gospel to address the particular cultural situation of the audience. Sermon introductions: ‘Open up your Bibles to …’ is also a contextualised approach to a felt need of an audience. No one presentation can transcend all cultures. What steps do we take to locate/stay …
David Cook has written a letter outlining some positive experiences and perspectives about evangelical Christianity in the UK. It’s posted on the Presbyterian Church of Australia Website. We have been in the U.K. now since 13th February, long enough to have some reflections: In Australia we may think that the Church we see in the …
Originally posted on Building Old School Churches:
If you’ve been a Christian for any period of time at all, you may have noticed that the more time you spend in church, the harder it is to fit in and feel comfortable with non-believers or to really enjoy worldly activities, relationships, speech, movies, habits, etc. So…
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