FIRE2010 Podcast Sat...

FIRE2010 Saturday PM session… ‘the other track’ by John Tanner

FIRE2010 Podcast Sat...

FIRE2010 Saturday AM session… ‘power power power’ by Colin Stoodley

FIRE2010 Podcast Fri...

FIRE2010 Friday ‘I am ok with that?’ ‘Are you ok with that?’ The question we need to ask… a lot. by Dean Thomas

God is not fair

Today has been an emotional day and it’s only 9.15 in the morning. I’ve just finished reading an article written by my wife regarding the terrible start in life our son Zeke had. I’ve also been keeping up with the saga of someone who’s been ripped off in an online transaction (read about it here, but be warned, there is some bad language). I recognise millions of people have so much more to contend with than I do and lately just about any story of powerlessness or injustice makes me think of  ‘fairness’ or more importantly the lack of fairness in the world today. I can’t even watch a simple...

Learn about and hopefully experience Revival

Revival ~ 7 days in May & June @ The Pines Training Centre Learn about the dynamics of revival the purpose of revival how to prepare for revival and how to maintain revival. Ian Malins is the trainer, and he will be joined by experienced practitioners in revival including Roy Funu, John Tanner, Graham Sercombe and Clyde Soai [who is coming from the Solomon Islands]. These men will speak and pass on a passion and mantle for revival in Australia. Venue: The Pines Training Centre, 102 Buderim Pines Drv, Buderim Q 4556 Dates: 25-27 May and 31 May-3 June 2010 Cost: $25 enrolment fee and either – $40 per day per person [total $280] to...

India – one man’s remarkable story

The movement of God in India – one man’s remarkable story One day, he was a professional young chemist living in an upper-middle class family in India; the next he was called by God to a life of servant hood and found himself living on the streets with no income and only some Bible tracts and a backpack to his name. That was 35 years ago. Today, Pastor R. Abraham is a spiritual father to many in India and has an influential relationship with Government leaders. He heads up the church planting movement of the New India Church of God, and is leading them towards the vision of planting 3000 churches in India and Nepal by 2010. So far, 2150...

Do you hear it?

The noise is getting louder each day! The boisterous opponents of the Church are becoming increasingly vocal: ‘All the Church wants is money!’ ‘Fanatics like them cause wars!’ ‘Bunch of hypocrites!’ ‘They don’t know how to have fun! ‘The Church has no place in politics/schools/the media’ Every day the opportunity for Aussies to hear about belonging to a community of God becomes more remote. Every day Mr/Ms Average Australia sees less need to go to Church. And more often than not, the wider Church body has one response: Silence. Do you hear it? In many Churches it’s deafening....

MegaShift-the best n...

Have you ever read a non-fiction book which is un-put-downable? If a quick survey of my close circle of Christian friends is anything to go by, books like James Rutz’s MegaShift are few and far between. The preface includes the challenge, ‘If you read it with an open heart, I...

emergent: froth or s...

I chat online with men and women involved in house churches, church planters and other pioneers creating new ministries. And I speak in the old-fashioned way to peers involved in ‘normal’ pastorates. Whenever the subject of emerging church or emerging ministries arises, we...