Tim & Nicky
books
Half term begins…
It’s half term at Oak Hill, and Tim’s having great fun reading Athanasius and other stuff. Continue reading
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense
No parcels on my doormat I recently ordered a bunch of books from Amazon that were recommended reading before the start of term at Oak Hill. But when I got back from holiday, they weren’t there. As time went by and the delivery still didn’t arrive, I became frustrated. “I need to read those books … Continue reading
But what if leaders can’t be readers?
I love reading Christian books. I picked up this addiction/passtime whilst on the student committee at my Christian Union in Manchester. Some lovely people in UCCF had this wonderful phrase which they said to us all the time: Leaders are readers. Because of this encouragement, and the catchy phrase, I read and read and read … Continue reading
Q days
John Stott talks in his book The Living Church about the necessity for Christian workers to take a Q day (quiet day) every once in a while to get up to date with things, but mostly to seek God and to be refreshed by spending time with him and in the Bible. I did my … Continue reading
When preparation is preaching to yourself
Today I was privileged to be able to go back to my old university CU, University of Manchester Christian Union, to do a seminar looking at God’s role and our role in evangelism. I’m going to post my notes in three parts over the coming week, looking first at Our role, then at God’s Role … Continue reading
