What Should We Call Each Other?
In our old Homegroup I often used to address my weekly email to “My Homegroup Homies”.* Someone came up with the name one time when we were together and the name stuck. Now that our new groups are called Connect Groups, that begs the question, “What should we call each other?” I’ve tried “Connect Groupers”. […]
FIRST Priority? Really?!
When Lib first discovered that I could whistle through my eyes (what? you’re only discovering now?) she must have thought I was very strange indeed. She would be correct. But after a while she’s accepted it as an odd party trick and no longer bats a non-whistling eyelid. Something which stood out as different and […]
Sharing Of Ignorance
This week in Connect Groups we’re thinking about Listening To God Together, the first of our Connect Group aims. It’s a great way to kick off the new groups by laying out from the start how we’ll approach the Bible. And there’s a lot at stake. Over at the Proclamation Trust’s blog, there’s a quote […]
Church Is A One Another Thing
Nigel told us this classic story at last week’s Connect Groups launch night… “There were four people called Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. An important job had to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it […]
Exploring More Of The Trinity
Last week I blogged about ‘Drawing The Trinity’. If all those diagrams got you thinking and you wanted to explore more about the Trinity, I thought it would be a good idea to point you in the direction of a few good books and some talks. ‘Delighting In The Trinity’ by Tim Chester This is […]
The Baptisms: Reflections & Photos
Last Sunday we had the joy of baptising Abby, Alex, Chris and Kingsley. As Nigel said on the day, “It doesn’t get better than this in church life.” The church was packed with regulars and visitors, all come to celebrate and investigate what was going on. It was fantastic! A few days on, here are […]
Every Sermon Ever
Well, maybe “every sermon ever” is a bit of an exaggeration. How about “all of the sermons at Emmanuel since we began which we have recordings of”? That better? Cos that’s what is now available here on the website.
Does God know the future?
The Bible talk at Emmanuel today referred to a different view of God that is becoming increasingly common. Known as ‘open theism’ or ‘the openness of God theory’, it is suggested that God does not know all that is going to happen in the future. Prof Greg Boyd of Bethel College in America, writes: In […]
Saved by Jesus on the Cross!
We’ve got used to the Somerfield press release scenario. The hapless individual who (this Easter) said that the supermarket’s range of Easter eggs and other seasonal products was part of the traditional celebration at this time of Christ’s birthday. A second attempt corrected it to ‘… Christ’s rebirth’. The third vaguely suggested that it was […]
Church-Planting Conference
Back in January a number of us went to a conference run by the Midlands Gospel Partnership. Growing Churches looked at the issue of church-planting, which we found particularly relevant at the beginning of a new church.
