This year we have witnessed the death of a God. Not a particularly common event as it happens.
On our arrival back from South Africa in 2003 we were stunned by how the UK and presumably the US as well had become addicted to money. Every other advert on the TV was offering jaw-dropping sums for [...]
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don’t be distracted by the crunch
more books
With everyone trying to match the right present with the right person I thought I’d step in and help by recommending a book for Christmas.
Tim Keller’s excellent new book ‘The Prodigal God’ is, and I don’t say this lightly, probably the best book I have read this year. He looks at the parable of the [...]
unity & diversity
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is [...]
passion to plant
I was 11 years old when God filled me with His Holy Spirit. It was a profound and life changing experience. One of the lasting effects has been a passion for church planting. We spent much of our secondary school career discussing how we might accomplish this. It is one of the many reasons I [...]
lay down your life
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 3:16
I had the privilege of attending the Newfrontiers prayer & fasting event this last week. There is always such a sense of God speaking during these times [...]
shaped by the gospel
1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, [1] Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for [...]
how to be a pharisee
In preaching about the contrast between Saul and Stephen I have come to the important question which is:
What is the essence of Pharisee-ism?
Jesus disgust at the Pharisees is universally apparent, never more so than in Matthew 23
13“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s [...]
saul (the pharisee) & stephen (the martyr)
The bible often gives focus to contrasting characters;
Cain & Abel, Abraham & Lott, David & Saul etc…. Here in Acts 7-8 we have another fascinating contrast, Saul and Stephen.
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin [...]
a new blog
Lex Loizides has started a blog!!
Lex is an evangelist and elder at Jubilee Community Church in Cape Town, South Africa. He speaks widely amongst our family of churches in Newfrontiers as well as leading the Front Edge initiatives, around the world.
He is writing here under the sub-heading ‘highlights from church history’ and not only [...]
the love of money
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
1 Timothy 6 v 10
Probably one of the most miss-quoted verses in the Bible. Many quote this simply as ‘money is the root of all evil’ which [...]
