Feeling good in
SW England
South West Gospel Partnership
The South West Men’s Convention has been
held at St Michael’s Centre, Stoke Gifford in
Bristol.
The title of the Convention this year was
‘Feeling WELL: The place of emotions
in
Christian discipleship’, and around 300 men
from as far afield as Plymouth and Swindon
were treated to rich expositions of Scripture
from Julian Hardyman
(Eden Baptist Church,
Cambridge, see photo)
and Santhosh Thomas
(Dundonald Church,
London). Julian spoke
twice
from
the Song
of Songs, carefully but
passionately unfolding
the way
in which
Christian men can appropriate the Song as
revealing the affective depths of our relationship
with Christ. Complementing these, Santhosh
painted a very practical picture of the apostle
Paul’s
example
of
cultivating
a
healthy
emotional life in Christ, from Philippians 4.