Recently I started a series of bible study sessions for our teams to help us explore some of the difficult questions life presents. To many this kind of topic is known as apologetics. But apologetics is a strange word and indeed a strange world, so I thought it might be helpful to write something alongside…
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Should We Stop Praying For Revival?
In light of recent events around college campuses in various states, but in particular Kentucky, I thought it may be timely to post something I’ve been talking about for nearly a year but never wrote down anywhere in a post. This is not a comment on the recent events or an attempt to offer any…
Prophets & Pilgrims | Prayer
An ice storm just descended on DFW here in Texas so we’ve spent a week under a thick layer of ice, so earlier this week I filmed a short video from home for our teams exploring an instruction Jesus gave the disciples about prayer. Obviously one of the first passages that comes to mind when…
The Life Of Riley | Relocation (3 Years In)
I don’t know if the events over the past year have made me more introspective but for a little while I have been reflecting on some of our experiences during our marriage and felt it helpful to write them in black and white. During our time as a couple, Beccy has navigated 3 major relocations,…
Prophets & Pilgrims | Community
Recently I wrote a study for our teams based on a passage from the book of Nehemiah, found in the old testament of the Bible. History tells us Nehemiah was displaced & forcibly held in service of a foreign king. As the story begins we find Nehemiah in despair because the city of his ancestors…
Prophets & Pilgrims | The Invitation | Mark 1
Over the years I have worked with people from countries all over the world, I have worked with young people from incredibly diverse, social, political and religious backgrounds. The more people I work with the more compelling I find Jesus’ invitation to His first disciples. In Mark 1 we find an account of one such…
Prophets & Pilgrims | Road Trips, Nerves & Breakthrough
Recently we took a road trip. On the 2nd day Austin won us over but on the 1st day we saw all the wrong parts. We picked a drum kit up from a sketchy industrial estate, I accidentally booked the nastiest hotel (the kind of place that features in American cop shows ) which I…
Prophets & Pilgrims | Humility, Grace, Compassion & Authority
In Matthew 8 v 5 – 13 a Centurion finds Jesus in Capernaum (a town on the north western shore of Galilee where a number of scholars believe Jesus probably came to live) and pleads with Jesus on behalf of his servant. Jesus replies; “I will come and heal him” But the Centurion replies; “Lord…
Good Friday | Hope v Disappointment
Judas has a pretty bad rep. His name has become synonymous with betrayal. As I reflect on the course of events, that literally rewrote the story of humanity so many centuries ago, I can’t help wonder what on earth Judas was thinking. I find it hard to imagine how desperate and greedy someone could be…
Advent 2018 // WK4
Over the last few weeks we have reflected on the hope, joy and peace God drawing near brings and as we come in to land and Christmas is just around the corner this week inspiration come from the Magi. There are many remarkable things about the accounts of the coming of Christ. One being the…