This important message started life as an article published in the ecumenical journal for ministers, Ministry Today UK. There is a striking saying you…
Category: Prepared to Answer
Can you remember what life was like when you first became a Christian? Before I became a Christian when I was 16 I had…
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned…
“What makes you believe that God exists?” “Is Jesus the only way to God?” Here are just two of the questions which Christians will…
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” (1 Peter…
This was the first sermon I preached at NSBC before I became their minister. Belatedly I post it here because it fits very well…
What makes you believe that God exists? We have been thinking about questions folk might ask us about our Christian faith and here is…
England is no longer a Christian country. Whether England ever was a Christian country where everybody went to church and everybody lived by the…
Jesus said in Matthew 13: 45-46 “ … the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one…
Where was God in Paris on Friday evening? On Friday evening the 13th November 2015 teams of Islamic State terrorists launched three separate attacks…
This morning we are going to think about a very important question. What happens when we die? It’s a question many people spend a…
How can we help Contacts become Inquirers? A summer of sabbatical study has led me to one simple conclusion – we need conversations about…
Can we trust the Bible? Sometimes people who are not Christians will say, “You can’t believe the Bible.” “It was all made up by…
In John 4 Jesus is talking to the woman at the well about the Living Water. He confronted her about the number of husbands…
Here are some areas we might talk about with friends, neighbours and colleagues who ask us, “What makes you believe that God exists?” JESUS…
Over lunch we spent a quarter of an hour each talking around our tables about of these questions. 1. Each talk for 1-2 minutes…
We live in a multi-faith, multicultural, consumer society, “Tesco ergo Sum, I shop therefore I am” (Graham Cray) where everyone demands freedom of choice…
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is…
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in…
As part of our sermon series Prepared To Answer we are thinking about the language we use when we talk to our friends, neighbours…
Romans 116 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first…