Tim Chester: “How can you claim there’s only one true religion?’ You may be asked this question as you’re at the photocopier at work or at the bar buying a round. Here’s the second part in the apologetics series that will give you some ideas of how to respond when you only have five minutes. [...]
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Apologetic Sound Bites: ‘How can you claim there’s only one true religion?’
Posted by Chris on December 23, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/23/apologetic-sound-bites-how-can-you-claim-theres-only-one-true-religion/
Iranian pastor to remain in prison
Iranian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani will remain in prison: In late September of this year, he was given four chances to recant his faith in court and refused each time. His case then was referred to the ayatollah. The American Center for Law and Justice reported one of his court exchanges. “Repent means to return. What [...]
Posted by Chris on December 16, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/16/iranian-pastor-to-remain-in-prison/
Pew Survey of Evangelical Christian Leaders from Cape Town 2010
I was privileged to be at Cape Town 2010. During the Congress the Pew Forum conducted a survey of the 4,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries. This was the most wide ranging gathering of Christian leaders in the modern world, the results have now been released. There were some amazing statistics that came out: 4% [...]
Posted by Chris on December 12, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/12/pew-survey-of-evangelical-christian-leaders-from-cape-town-2010/
Books I have read: The Search to Belong
I’ve been to countless seminars and read probably dozens of books on small group ministry. For the past couple of decades, we have consistently heard that the right small group programs will grow our church, create fully-devoted Christ-followers, ease the burden on pastors, return us to New Testament Christianity, etc., and I’ve said those things [...]
Posted by Chris on December 10, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/10/books-i-have-read-the-search-to-belong/
Books I have read: The Gospel-Driven Church
Ian Stackhouse The Gospel-Driven Church has some unpalatable medicine to hand out to the evangelical charismatic church. The book starts with an unpleasant diagnosis: Falling short of its ecclesial calling in Christ, the church is instead going after “relevant” preaching; musician-led and emotionally fuelled worship; numerical growth at all costs, and what he calls “faddism” – [...]
Posted by Chris on December 8, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/08/books-i-have-read-the-gospel-driven-church/
Books I have read: Developing Your Prophetic Gifting
Developing Your Prophetic Gifting by Graham Cooke is the best, most balanced guide to prophecy and the development of the gift in individuals and the local church I have read to date. It’s hard to single out any one aspect but I especially appreciated discussions around the prophet working with the pastor and teacher, the evangelist and [...]
Posted by Chris on December 7, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/07/books-i-have-read-developing-your-prophetic-gifting/
Books I have read: Reimagining Spiritual Formation: A Week in the Life of an Experimental Church
Doug Pagitt is a lead pastor at a church in Minnesota called Solomon’s porch. Reimagining Spiritual Formation: A Week in the Life of an Experimental Church is about his journey away from the program centred mega-church into a more organic, decentralized community. He talks about some new ways of viewing spiritual formation that are quite different [...]
Posted by Chris on December 5, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/05/books-i-have-read-reimagining-spiritual-formation-a-week-in-the-life-of-an-experimental-church/
Books I have read: Beginning Well: Christian Conversion and Authentic Transformation
Beginning Well: Christian Conversion and Authentic Transformation by Gordon Smith is one of those books that has slipped under the radar (I had never heard about it until a few months ago), but it really should be widely read. We would do well to think about conversion and the impact the type of conversion can have on [...]
Posted by Chris on December 4, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/04/books-i-have-read-beginning-well-christian-conversion-and-authentic-transformation/
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