Knowing God Better
Hearing God’s Word
Jonathan Lamb
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
It was similar to working on the mains electricity of a house, but doing so with the electricity still switched on!
This was how the scholar-clergyman J.B. Phillips explained the experience of working on a paraphrase of the Bible some years ago.
Steve Brady’s story
Keswick Ministries
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
Steve Brady, Principal of Moorlands College in Dorset, will tell you that he is from Liverpool and a true Evertonian.
Steve Brady loves football, but truly comes alive when talking about the Word of God. Steve comes from a mixed church background and had little to do with church during his childhood.
The place of prayer
Peter Lewis
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
Peter Lewis encourages us to realise that seeking God’s face is never a waste of time
It must have been a strange sight.
KESWICK CONVENTION’S GLOBAL FAMILY
Jutta Devenish
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
You might be walking through a snow blizzard in Hokkaido, or in the warm Caribbean sunshine of Trinidad, or in the shade of the forests of Belgrave Heights outside Melbourne, or driving along the sophisticated streets of Helsinki.
But in all of these locations you will see banners and posters advertising Keswick!
A weekend for Muslims
Paul Barnes
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Over 70 people gathered at The Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire for a weekend of prayer for Muslims, 10-12 June.
Longstanding members of the Fellowship of Faith for the Muslims (FFM) mingled with representatives of various mission organisations – some of whom were serving missionaries visiting the UK: a couple from South India serving with Tribals Transformation India; an Indian Manipuri family with three children serving with SIM in Bangladesh; and a couple from Basel serving in France. There were several believers who had turned to Christ from a Muslim background, including an Iranian family who were present with their two children, having fled persecution in Iran.
Northumberland weekend
George Curry
Date posted: 1 Sep 2016
Those who attended the Northumberland
Bible teaching weekend said it was an excellent
event. Sponsored by Longhorsley
Mission Church, Kevin Bidwell (Sheffield)
and Derek Cleave (Bristol) addressed the
200+ who gathered on 2–4 July 2016.
In three sessions Kevin Bidwell opened up
our call as Christians to run, wrestle and box.
Derek Cleave, also in three sermons, ably
helped us explore the obedience of Abraham.
From death to life
Donald Morrison
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Donald Morrison reports on the precious life of a baby saved by the gracious intervening providence of God
How true the words of William Cowper.
Listening to giants
Karen Soole
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
Book Review
A CAMARADERIE OF CONFIDENCE:
The fruit of unfailing faith in the lives of Charles Spurgeon, George Muller and Hudson Taylor
Read review
The gospel on the Somme
As the country commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme we are enabled to read a believer’s diary
William Ransley left the Army in April 1889.
news in brief
Bangladesh: murdered
On 5 June, Sunil Gomez, a Christian grocer, was murdered inside his shop in a Christian neighbourhood in the district of Natore.
On 7 June, Ananda Gopal Ganuli, a Hindu religious leader, was killed in Jhenaidah after performing his regular religious rites in a temple in the Naldanga area, where he served as a priest. Attacks on religious minorities by extremist groups in Bangladesh have escalated rapidly in recent months. Responsibility for the murders has reportedly been claimed by Daesh (Islamic State).
Synod: culture over Scripture
Susie Leafe
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
The General Synod of
the Church of
England is drawing to a close as I write.
In fact, it officially came to an end last
Saturday night but since then the majority
of members have been cloistered in Shared
Conversations about Sexuality, Mission and
Scripture. I say the majority, because some
have disappeared home and others, including myself, have been here but have refused
to take part in the process because of the
fundamental flaws in the way that they have
been designed.
news in brief
Africa: reached
FEBA Radio broadcasts on shortwave to reach listeners across a wide area of the Horn of Africa and shares audio content on micro SD cards that can be played on mobile phones, it was reported in May.
In partnership with the local church, house groups are run where people listen to the programmes on the SD cards. Currently 96 house groups and more than 700 Christians are meeting in an area where Christian believers are often attacked, churches shut down, preaching forbidden and there is antagonism towards the gospel.
Saved to serve
Greg Tarr
Date posted: 1 May 2016
The world is in a terrible state and yet the
Bible speaks of a multitude
from every
tribe, people and language that no one can
count gathered together around the throne
and in front of the Lamb.
How will a lost world be saved? That’s the
question to which around 100 young people
(aged mostly between 15 and 25) sought the
answer at a weekend called Saved2Serve,
which took place at All Nations Christian
College, 8–10 April.
Reading in Reading
two:nineteen
Date posted: 1 Jun 2016
Churches in Britain have a long tradition of
sending missionaries to unreached nations
of the world, but today many unreached
peoples are on our doorstep too, which is
why
two:nineteen exists –
a Serving In
Mission (SIM) project which was conceived
within an FIEC church.
two:nineteen (from Ephesians 2.19) was set
up in Reading in 2012 by mission workers
Dave and Maura Baldwin. It’s designed to
encourage churches to engage with people from other cultures living in their local communities.
Dr Enid Parker 1920 – 2016
Paul Yeulett
Date posted: 1 Jun 2016
On 8 April 2016, Dr Enid Parker, known
as ‘Asamolta’ or the ‘Red Lioness’ to the
Afar people of East Africa, went to be with
the Lord she served for so long.
By the time she was born in Edenfield in
Lancashire in 1920, her father’s health had
been ruined by the Great War; he died when
Enid was only seven. Her mother was unable
to care for Enid and her two brothers, who
were all cared for by relatives.
Vietnam: ‘Who will take his place?’
Morning Star News
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
On the evening of 5 May, Pastor Dang Ba Nham, his wife, and a church elder were praying on a roadside with a woman who had recently converted to Christianity in Vinh on the north central coast of Vietnam.
They stood in front of the property of the new Christian, Phan Thi Thanh Huyen, to ask God for his blessing in building a new house. As they were praying, a large pick-up truck with red military plates veered across the street and ploughed squarely into the small group.
Sudan: bringing men to Christ on death row
Open Doors
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Pastor Michael Yat and Pastor Peter Yen Reith, members of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, were arrested in Sudan at the end of 2014, but released in August 2015.
Open Doors spoke to them about their experiences of persecution, of leading men on death row to Christ, and the difference it made to know people were praying for them.
Wise as serpents?
Andrew Fellows
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Andrew Fellows, director of Christian Heritage Cambridge, asks what it means to be counter-cultural
To be a Christian is to be counter-cultural.
Scottish Reformers
Richard Buckley
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
The 27th annual Scottish Reformed Conference took place on Saturday 14 May. The conference has been growing numerically since it was established.
Just short of 600 people, not including the large number of children, came to enjoy the activities and teaching.
True grit for God
Derek Prime
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Book Review
THE CAMBRIDGE SEVENTY:
A Missionary Movement in 20th-century Britain.
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European leaders gather
John Stevens
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
In May, while the UK pondered the EU referendum campaign, I was privileged
to
attend the European Leadership Forum.
Over 700 evangelical leaders from all over
Europe gathered for six days at a hotel
in
Poland. The object
is
to
serve and equip
national leaders to renew the biblical church
and re-evangelise Europe, through a strategy of
identifying, uniting, mentoring, and resourcing evangelical
leaders. The Forum brings
together experienced leaders from the US and
Europe to serve and equip the next generation.
