Newfrontiers Bloggers

Blogs from Newfrontiers churches and individuals across the globe.

Liam Thatcher

Emmanuel: God with us - Advent is a time of waiting in anticipation for the one who will make all things right. In this talk from Oxford Community Church’s carol service, I reflec...
3 hours ago
Lex Loizides

Public Speaking. Advice from the Ancients: what NOT to do - Public Speaking can be a daunting task. Here's some advice from the finest that Greece and Rome have to offer – on how NOT to do it! Enjoy.… Continue read...
6 days ago
Mark's blog

Book review: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan - This is an immense novel. 640 pages. Immense in scope. Immense in characters. Immense in culture and class vision. Andrew O'Hagan shines a spotlight on pos...
1 week ago
One Pink Toothbrush

The Truth Will Set You Free - So last night along with over 11 million others, we tuned into the Celebrity Traitors final and it did not disappoint. TV Gold! As we all gathered around t...
5 weeks ago
The Moyles

How to fix Background Android Notifications for Cordova apps - I’ve been banging my head against the wall for background Android notifications for a longtime. They just were not re-opening the app, when tapped. I’m usi...
3 months ago
grahamcrosbie.com

Dummy Post -
4 months ago
Jon Cressey

Reasons to see the glory - In the deepest recesses of our hearts, there lies a longing for something transcendent, something beyond our ordinary experiences. Consider for a moment th...
4 months ago
adrianwarnock.com

Eight Years of living with Chronic Illness - So today is the 8th anniversary of my diagnosis with blood cancer. I had been sick for several weeks and therefore the diagnosis was not out of the blue. B...
6 months ago
'the gift half understood'

Beginnings… - Further to fixing the tension problem, I rejigged the heddles so that I get nice wide sheds when I treadle (IYKYK). The whole weaving is so much more plea...
7 months ago
clairemusters

Hope in the darkness - It is my pleasure to welcome Natasha Woodcraft to my blog, as part of her tour with new book The Wanderer’s Legacy. This is part of a series of biblical ...
7 months ago
Phil Whittall

Midsummer - [image: Midsummer] Today is Midsummer’s Eve and the beginning of the BIGGEST celebration in the Swedish calendar. Yes bigger than Christmas, yes bigger th...
1 year ago
Braving the Storm with Eric Gaudion

Is Revenge a Dish Best Served Cold? - 'Revenge is a dish best served cold' is a saying attributed to a French novel of the 18th Century, but frequently quoted in the 21st. It probably came ou...
1 year ago
GodFirst Blog

How Envato Elements Boosts Your Productivity and Workflow - Craving unlimited creative fuel for your video projects, design ventures, or marketing campaigns? Envato Elements might be your answer. Stepping into thi...
1 year ago
Marcus Tutt's Blog

Music Maker - The recent AI conversations I’ve heard and images I’ve seen have been so impressive that I wondered if anyone had created AI music using the same technolog...
3 years ago
Simon Benham's Blog

My Blog is Moving to a New Home - I wanted to let you know that my blog is moving to a new home. After many years on Google's blogger site it is moving to be integrated into our Kerith we...
3 years ago
Reflections | The Blog of Nicholas Ferguson

Self-Care: 5 Benefits + 10 Easy to Use Ideas to Practice - Practicing self-care can help you feel more energised and confident. It can also lead to improved relationships. In contrast, by neglecting your self-car...
4 years ago
The Wendy House

Our Christian Heritage - One evening in 1956, Terry’s sister came home and had a chat with him. “I’ve become a Christian”, she announced. Terry wasn’t interested. “Aren’t we all Ch...
4 years ago
thequietstreet

cornish pasties and raspberry jam - After watching The Great British Bake Off recently, the episode where they were tasked with producing Cornish Pasties, I knew I had to make some that more ...
5 years ago
Caffeinated Wanderings

Appreciation - Appreciation is the grease that keeps relationships moving. Nothing is more powerful to convey the value of an individual. Genuine appreciation feeds the...
5 years ago
Luke's blog

200 words on Godric - *Godric*, by Frederick Buechner, first published in 1981. If you’ve ever read even the briefest of hagiographies – a record of a Saint’s life that seems...
5 years ago
Andrew Fountain

The Structure of John 9 - The man born blind - The account of the man born blind has a very elegant structure, which greatly aids in seeing the purpose of the passage. The basic structure is easily d...
5 years ago
Powells in Santa Cruz

Truth and lies - We are now on day 12 of the strike and things have got more serious. Tragically two people were killed on Wednesday in conflict between government supporte...
6 years ago
Showing Up

Interview: Mistakes & Magic – Fifty Five Stories Down with Matt Blick - Nicholas Tozier of the Lyric Writer’s Workroom interviewed me recently about my new album Fifty Five Stories Down (available here). What artists inspired y...
6 years ago
Steve Vaughan

Prayer-Goals For Our Sabbatical – 4 Fs - Leanne and I are about to start a 6 week sabbatical, stepping away from both church work and HubSpot work. One of our advisory team members is also taking ...
6 years ago
Richard Walker's Blog

The Window and the Mirror: A Good Friday Meditation - Windows and mirrors have something in common, they both enable us to see things that ordinarily would remain hidden to us. We can’t see through walls. Wind...
6 years ago
Graham Pyman

Cambodia – Sunday afternoon update - So, it’s Sunday afternoon and I thought it might be worth updating you as to our weekend! After arriving on Friday evening, we were met at our hotel by Rut...
6 years ago
Rob Barnes

Read Best Seller Scarlet Sister Mary Online Book - [image: Scarlet Sister Mary] Authors:Julia Peterkin Published on: 1998-10-01 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pages: 376 ISBN:0820323772 ISBN13: 978...
7 years ago
Catrina Benham's Blog

Our Living Hope - *Not sure what happens with my blog...or me writing my blog! Can't believe I've been away from it for almost two months. Oh well, no condemnation! Let's pi...
7 years ago
Jeff Featherstone (Halifax, UK)

Even now you could fix this EU (and the UK) - The subject of the EU has long being a polarising subject in the UK, but what is striking about the response to the referendum is that, rather than it bein...
7 years ago
Kevin Gill

Ruth - We have been looking at Ruth recently on Sunday mornings and three over-arching themes continually speak to me. The first theme is grace. We know that Elim...
7 years ago
Joseph Nolan

Why is Zoe Broken? - With the addition to the new Champion Zoe into League of Legends, people are already begging for nerfs. From the Champion designer that created Yasuo and K...
8 years ago
The Field's Musings

Biblical Theology 7: Biblical Theology of the Gospels 3 - *Biblical Theology of Jesus and the Gospels- Survey in Matthew Contd* - Jesus is the new latter day Moses who leads Israel back to God - Matthew 8:1-...
8 years ago
Hearing My Heart

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly––Part Three - Now we have landed at the final part in this mini-series, a catch up on what is happening with my family in Tallinn–what has happened in the case of the f...
8 years ago
All Things Taylor

Stories from the Mad Stad - We had a great time at our One Church celebration on Sunday. It was brilliant to start with good news stories of answers to prayer and what God is doing ...
8 years ago
Straight to the Heart

You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged here for a... - You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged here for a while. There’s a reason for that. I have moved my blogging home to *Everyday Voices*. I’m now blogg...
8 years ago
Die is gain

Why do we like sales? - At this time of year, it's easy to be seduced by sales tickets, promising an item at a price advertised as significantly lower than at a previous time. In...
9 years ago
stevangelical

The Strange Good News - [SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!] It’s three days since I saw Doctor Strange with Amy and many scenes and quotes and threads are still swirling around my head like so...
9 years ago
Salisbury City Church

Why we're changing our name to Grace Church - This coming Sunday (11th Sept) we switch from being Salisbury City Church to being Grace Church. The reason for the change can be summed up in one word: MI...
9 years ago
Could do better… - Ironically, and somewhat comically, I wrote this blog post last week but didn’t upload it because I didn’t think it was good enough. God certainly has a se...
9 years ago
Sean Green's Blog

Luca Anderson - I'm guessing that by now many in RFC will have heard the tragic news that Luca Anderson died on Sunday night (3rd July). His death was unexpected and as ye...
9 years ago
The Failed Atheist Blog

4 reasons why every Christian should be pro-life - I wrote an article a few weeks ago for Premier Christianity Blog which was picked up by Lifenews.com and shared a couple of thousand times and can be viewe...
9 years ago
Green Christian

#euref What is the EU Anyway? - The EU referendum campaign is underway, and a lot of people don’t think they know enough to decide how to vote. So I thought I’d try explaining it all. Thi...
9 years ago
the blue fish project (dave bish)

Every story whispers his name - Since my first son was very young Sally Lloyd-Jones' The Jesus Storybook Bible has been staple reading in our house. We've probably read it 60-70 times t...
9 years ago
New Community Church Podcast

Ephesians -
9 years ago
nathan the alien

An Attempt at Objectivity - As George Osborne’s first Conservative only Government budget was being delivered yesterday my Twitter and Facebook feeds began to be filled with anger, pa...
9 years ago
starting on saturdays

22 January - My sweet mama would have been 52 today. It’s been 11 years since she squeezed my hands reassuringly as she always used to do. I realise that I’ve missed he...
9 years ago
My Theo-Blogy

You’re Being Watched… - The Western world has been enjoying the “Elf on the Shelf” phenomenon for the last few years now. But just in case you’ve missed it, let me read you an exc...
9 years ago
@CREATORMADE

Number 10 - I don’t often post on this blog anymore, but lastnight something fairly noteworthy happened. I became the 10th Elder of Everyday Church – a fairly sizeable...
10 years ago
Craig Mackay's Blog

A tribute (part 2) - It's been a long time since I have blogged...I don't really know why. I have been meaning to write some summer memoirs but haven't quite got around to i...
10 years ago
Churchcentral Blog

New Churchcentral Blog - This is no longer the Churchcentral blog! We have a nice shiny, new version. Check it out here: http://www.churchcentral.org.uk/blog/wp-admin/post-new.php ...
10 years ago
The King's Youth

The Little Things In Life - Sometimes we have bad times in life, we go through seasons where everything is hard and the stress just gets to us. A lot of us will be looking in the fa...
10 years ago
Luke Wood's Blog

GBS Update: Friday 19th June 2015 - These blog updates began five years ago. I had been very ill in hospital and, being Christians, we had friends around the world who wanted to pray up-t...
10 years ago
Kings Church London

...by confessing to each other - 'Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.' James 5:16 (N...
10 years ago
The Shadow of Victory

CALEDONIA.. - I haven't written a post for so long I had trouble even logging in !! I have had lots of thoughts running around in my head for last few months but never r...
10 years ago
Lastword Publications

A hardening of the heart - A lazy day, sprawled out on the beach, inhaling the sweet scent of summer and the excited chatter of children. High in the cloudless sky the sun shone brig...
10 years ago
In the unlikely event...

Guernsey Gazette 2014 - Pardonnez-nous, Entschuldigung, triste, scusate, συγνώμη, 遺憾, извините, सॉरी, מצטער, desculpe, آسف, my bad. There is just no easy way around this. Profuse ...
10 years ago
Paul's Musings

The Maze Runner (2014) - Watch Movie The Maze Runner High QualityDownload The Maze Runner For Free with duration 113 Min and released on 2014-09-19 and MPAA rating is 145. [image...
11 years ago
Gospel Sunshine

New Blog! - Hello! The new blog is finally here! I am quite excited… so please do head over to my new blog. There are some posts over there which are from this blog, b...
11 years ago
Saved by Grace

notes to self | #heishere - *"...in the chaos, in confusion, I know You're sovereign, still..."* *#heishere* (lyrics from *None but Jesus*, by Hillsong United)
11 years ago
Pete Cornford's Blog

The Nations - I love living in Ealing - it is so diverse - there are 172 nationalities that reside here! I so enjoy that Redeemer is made up from people from around the ...
11 years ago
Fenway Church Blog

David W's Sabbatical (Summer 2014) - I am very grateful to have been given an opportunity at my request to take a 2-month sabbatical beginning May 25 and ending July 25. A sabbatical is a r...
11 years ago
Steve Tibbert Leadership Blog

- I am currently taking a break from his blog... We are in yet another new phase of church life at King's Church London, this time undertaking a major staff ...
11 years ago
Didaskalian

I mentioned circumcision once, but I think I got away with it. - It’s part of human nature to try and hide away embarrassing details about our lives or about what we believe. Whether that’s the baby photos your mum shows...
11 years ago
Simon Allen's blog

Another Rainy Football Season? - It surely couldn't happen again? After the 2012-2013 season being decimated by waterlogged pitches, this season has been just the same! This is so disappo...
11 years ago
beginning in dublin

Robot & Frank: Film Night Sun 2 Mar - Don’t you all wish that you had your own personal robot? Would I get it to wash the dishes first? Or maybe give me a back rub? Or help me rob a bank?! Well...
11 years ago
Luke's reveries

The Birthday Baboon - Three days ago I handed in my masters thesis and, now that I have my life back, I decided that one of the steps towards reintegration into normal life shou...
11 years ago
wordandspirit

Some Book Reviews - This year has been an extremely busy one for me. My main focus at church has been on running a year-long leadership training course, and I’ve also been cre...
12 years ago
Gault Park

Looking forward… - It’s been some time since I last blogged … in part because I’ve been working on and writing the content for our church plant website, which all being well ...
12 years ago
Where Flowers Grow

Prayer - a dumping ground of responsibility? - I’ve heard it said that we shouldn’t pray for that which we can answer ourselves. In other words, don’t be asking God to help someone if you yourself can...
12 years ago
Quite a bit

News - Hello! So I haven't posted here for a long time, and here's one of the reasons: That's right. I've been slightly pre-occupied over the last ...
12 years ago
Stockholm Church Plant

Prayer walking in Stockholm - In a just two weeks time we’ll be hosting a prayer weekend for our church plant. We have two aims: to pray for our city and to pray for our church plant....
12 years ago
The Road to "Elder" ado

Reports from Cwmbran - Two people I trust have been to Cwmbran and I am delighted to read their experiences. Click their names to see their reviews. Graham Pyman leads Jubilee C...
12 years ago
NewSong40

Exciting News - Well, I’ve ben talking about it for a while, but the day is finally (almost) here! This Friday, 3 May 2013, I will be launching my NEW WEBSITE! Whoop! It’s...
12 years ago
Paul Brown's Blog

A Story for Easter: Sacrifice and forgiveness in WW2 - I first read Ernest Gordon’s fascinating and moving book, “Miracle on the River Kwai” about twenty years ago. (The book had first been published nearly thi...
12 years ago
Street Encounters and Other Stuff!

Are you Sinking? - Over the past few months God has been speaking to me a lot about His grace. What I'm realising is that although I've been a Christian for around 16 years m...
12 years ago
Je ne comprends pas toujours...mais...

The Countdown Begins - In just over a week's time I'll be going into hospital for yet another operation on my knee. This time, it is for the resurfacing of my kneecap. There is a...
12 years ago
Supernatural Living

Supernatural Shopping - I had been praying in the morning before my weekly trip to town, about doing more for God and what was it all about etc, you know the type of thing! I thin...
13 years ago
Ebenezer Agricultural Training Centre

End of Year exams in progress - This week, the 1st and 2nd year apprentices wrote their end of year exam. Spiritual was set and marked by Stephen Manhanga and Simangaliso Ndlovu. Busine...
13 years ago
Tim Simmonds

Planting Churches With Ninja Children - We have been in Manchester for 3 years and 4 months. By we I mean the Simmonds family. The Manchester branch of the Simmonds family includes me (Husband, D...
13 years ago
Matthew Hosier

PARENTING, PART 7 - *The gospel in the messiness of life* One of the best pieces of parenting advice I ever received was at a parenting seminar I attended as a youth worker b...
13 years ago
Sam's blog

I have Moved. New website at www.samuelrich.com -
13 years ago
ChurchVenture

Start disciple-making sooner (and a book I wrote) - Since starting Destination Church in Chicago we have experience the good, the bad and ugly of church planting. We started with a very small team and after...
13 years ago
spirit food

WEAPONS IN THE SANCTUARY - This powerful message from Mahesh Chavda is worth reading. We need unity, to be in God's house and to use the weapons He has made available for us *House...
13 years ago
Silklife Church

Leader: How Charismissional Are You (and Your Church?) - Leader: How Charismissional Are You (and Your Church?) By Keith Gamon A recent set of discussions surrounding this whole debate with other leaders from our...
13 years ago
James The Disciple

Moving - I have decided to revamp and move my weblog. I have left a few posts here that people are still reading and may find useful. All the other posts I have mov...
13 years ago
The Leaders Poole

A Word for Pastors - Here is a recording of a 15 minute talk I gave at a regional pastors gathering talking about some of the highs and lows of what we do, and how we should re...
13 years ago
Matt Giles Music

Hitting hard. - I love those moments when God taps you on the shoulder and says ‘I told you so’. There are points in your life when you realise that there are things tha...
13 years ago
Blog/ Goff Hope | King's Community Church, Norwich | Newfrontiers

Back in Beijing.. - As I write, I am sat just half a mile from Tiananmem Sq having breakfast. It's Saturday and we (I'm traveling with Steve, my son) have just one more day he...
13 years ago
Musings of Doulos

Did He Die for This? - In my last blog post I mentioned the delight of time away on a retreat for some rest and restoration. The place in which I took the retreat is actually the...
13 years ago
Mining for Jems

Chocolate Avalanche Cake - It's a tradition in our family for me and Andy to make the children the biggest, chocolatiest (is that a word?!), most outrageous cakes for their birthdays...
13 years ago
Josh John's blog

Moving on... - To my ever decreasing readership, the time has come to try something new, so onwards into tumblr territory... for some reason i've become frightened to po...
13 years ago
Never Once Did We Ever Walk Alone

One Year On - “Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want...
13 years ago
Evan's Blog

- Psalm 14:1-3 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." So how does the Higgs Boson "dispense the idea of a supernatural creator"? "It predicts an invi...
13 years ago
Living Out Gods Calling...

The Provision of God - Hi friends, I had a lovely surprise this very afternoon as I opened up the post to find a beautiful cheque with my name written on it from the tax office...
13 years ago
Duncan Lee's Blog

AskGodFirst - If you had 60 seconds with God - what would you ask Him? This is a survey conducted by GodFirst and we would really appreciate your participation. We lo...
13 years ago
onethessthree8

Forward motion for men… - A shameless plug for an outstanding event… What is it? Movement is an annual men’s event to inspire and train godly men for influence and leadership in the...
13 years ago
Amos5's Blog

what a week!!! - final Updates from Cambodia Enjoy! http://jubileetocambodia2012.wordpress.com/ http://jubileetocambodia2012.wordpress.com/
13 years ago
Reluctant Risktaking

- How much more can I take? Usually this is a comment of despair; the balance between circumstances and resources seeming strained beyond breaking point. It...
13 years ago
Rubbish At Bible Study: A Support Group

E: 1 Timothy - General Comments - *Please add below any comments on the book's Category, Key Words, Key verses, Literary Style, Emotional Tone, Main Theme(s) and Major People.* *All of this...
13 years ago
CCK Blog

God of love, God of judgement? - This question goes to the very nature and character of God. Why, if God is loving and merciful, is he not be more tolerant and accepting? The Home Office h...
13 years ago
John Lanferman

Last Blog Post... - I want to thank all who are following my posts on my blog site. It’s an honor to be able to share with others who are on Christ’s mission together. I have ...
13 years ago
Bloggings by Sam Poe

The Birth Of Jesus-A Prophetic Awakening - After the death of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the last Old Testament prophets to write scripture, there were no more recognized prophets in Israel for ...
14 years ago
Worship School Blog

Newday 2011 We Are Yours - The Newday 2011 live album is out now on iTunes £7.95! BUY NOW Track listing: Here For You No One Better We Are Yours Devotion 10,000 Reasons Father Like N...
14 years ago
Been Thinking Little Thoughts

My last mantis of the year? - I found this brown mantis almost a month ago at the arboretum, at my final public bug safari tour of the year. I was hoping I would see at least one more m...
14 years ago
Sex, Sin & Grace

Remind me, why is Jesus better than sex. - Sat here, at a company paid event, surrounded by incredibly attractive female interns, and enough free alcohol to float a ship full of attractive female in...
14 years ago
The Unknown

Nigeria, A hurting land - I just bumped into this article about Nigeria through the Not Ashamed Facebook page. Source: foreignpolicy.com "Last week Plateau State, of which Jos is ...
14 years ago
Cat Lambert

He asked me to marry him. - Well girls... he got down on one knee. It was a beautiful day and he had taken me for a surprise day out to a National Trust property with beautiful garden...
14 years ago
Froud's World

Not to condone or condemn - "For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by o...
14 years ago
The Hunt

Prayer on the Square - Update - Hello friends, As it's been a while since we uploaded any content or testimonies I thought I would upload our new flyer that we will be taking out with us...
14 years ago
Grant - thinking out loud...

The mission of God - Just reading "*total* Church" by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester and this made me think today.... In his book The mission of God, Chris Wright shows that the...
14 years ago
Grace City Blog, Grace City Church

Watching the disaster unfold - Who will ever forget the scenes of utter destruction and force of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. I sat spell bound watching the disaster unfold. By P...
14 years ago
The Musing Field

Living and Dying - *'Let me die- lest I die- only let me see Thy face'-* Augustine Tozer comments: *'To Augustine the sight of God inwardly enjoyed was life itself and anyt...
14 years ago
Phil Wilthew's Blog

Highlights of the Term! - Ok, I have been a terrible blogger this past term. Apologies all. But, the term itself has actually been full of some amazing highlights and God moments, s...
14 years ago
The (not so) secret diary of a Worship Leader, aged 34

Church Planting with a difference - Here's a great church planting story from the guys as Act29 network. An Intentionally Missional Lifestyle from Acts 29 Network on Vimeo.
14 years ago
Knowledge & Truth Seeker

Genesis 12 to 14 - Abram is called by God at the start of chapter 12; this is the beginning of the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mandaeism, it is said ...
15 years ago
Life of Bryan

Interview with Amie Fox - Amie Fox has been a member at Jubilee Church for eight years and has been on staff for six. This Sunday is her final Sunday with us as she will be moving t...
15 years ago
Hedelightsinme's Blog

The goings on of my heart - There has been so much going on lately that I’m not really sure what to write about but I guess the big thing this week could be summed up in a word. Sur...
15 years ago
Oliver Lawford

The Son of God Goes Forth to War -
15 years ago
Letter From America

It starts.... - My children are 8,6 and 4 but it's amazing how quickly they seem to grow up these days. And each new age/stage of their lives brings its own challenges. Th...
15 years ago
hazzleG

Hardy's Tess - Amongst the books I'm reading currently, one of the most interested has been 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' by Thomas Hardy. My Dad protests whenever Hardy or...
15 years ago
Mark Amos Blog

Some thoughts on the Christology of Karl Rahner - After quite a lot of reading on Rahner's Christology, some threads are beginning to come together. This post will deal in very brief terms with some of the...
15 years ago
Beauty From Ashes

Wives and Husbands - Ephesians 5:21-33 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife...
15 years ago
The Sermon Poole

Messy Church, Part 2: Messed Up Together - 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 In a nutshell: The church in Corinth was a mess. It was made up of people who were acting far too much like citizens of the city of Co...
15 years ago
BackChat

a meaningful ministry... and the best is yet to come! - It wasn’t NewDay (that would start the following summer), but it was a New Frontiers summer youth camping event, with a schedule of worship and preaching a...
15 years ago
The Worship Poole

Get in the Game! - If you have found the past five weeks of notes helpful, you can now download the complete set of notes as a PDF here.
16 years ago
Where The Hell Are You Going?

44 - Josh and Jack both put down their drinks and looked at Stuart, who was sitting there with a stupid grin all over his face. “Just sayin’ boys! Don’t let it ...
16 years ago
musings of a christian salopian

Exam results - Today this years A level results arrive. Again, there is going to be a record amount of passes, which the government will laud as improvement in education ...
16 years ago
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NF Blog #96 Grant Van Schalkwyk

Grant Van Schalkwyk, Newfrontiers elder in Honiton has started blogging. Relocating to Plymouth soon.

Also in the South West...
Andy Cottingham at Honiton.
Ian Jukes about to arrive in Exmouth.
Dave Bish at Exeter.

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New blog, new country, New Zealand

New blog, new country, New Zealand

Newfrontiers Bloggers is proud to welcome a new nation to the Newfrontiers worldwide community of bloggers - King's Church youth group f...
A blog about blogs

The more I've blogged the more I've read other blogs and here I'm listing all the blogs I can find from the family of churches I...
Blog Review: Adrian Birks

Adrian by virtue of his initials, is first up for a blog review. Sean Green made a comment when I first floated the idea, that we all blog ...

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Australian Bloggers

Grace City Blog, Grace City Church

Watching the disaster unfold - Who will ever forget the scenes of utter destruction and force of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. I sat spell bound watching the disaster unfold. By P...
14 years ago

Bolivian Blogs

Powells in Santa Cruz

Truth and lies - We are now on day 12 of the strike and things have got more serious. Tragically two people were killed on Wednesday in conflict between government supporte...
6 years ago

Canadian Blogs

Andrew Fountain

The Structure of John 9 - The man born blind - The account of the man born blind has a very elegant structure, which greatly aids in seeing the purpose of the passage. The basic structure is easily d...
5 years ago
Rhys Scott

Fasting - a few tips! - As we come to our Week of Prayer we’d love to encourage you to consider fasting during this period. Coming out of the Christmas season, where we’ve feast...
11 years ago
Of First Importance

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Church Blogs

The Gateway Church

Kiev Update - Every time I hear of bombings in Kiev, I send a WhatsApp to our dear friend Nick & Myla Sychev who are pastoring there. Here’s a photo of me interviewing t...
1 week ago
GodFirst Blog

How Envato Elements Boosts Your Productivity and Workflow - Craving unlimited creative fuel for your video projects, design ventures, or marketing campaigns? Envato Elements might be your answer. Stepping into thi...
1 year ago
Church Central Birmingham

New Churchcentral Blog - This is no longer the Churchcentral blog! We have a nice shiny, new version. Check it out here: https://churchcentral.wordpress.com
10 years ago
Kings Church London

...by confessing to each other - 'Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.' James 5:16 (N...
10 years ago
Fenway Church Boston

David W's Sabbatical (Summer 2014) - I am very grateful to have been given an opportunity at my request to take a 2-month sabbatical beginning May 25 and ending July 25. A sabbatical is a r...
11 years ago
CCK Life

Movement Review - Day 2 -
12 years ago
Silklife Church

Leader: How Charismissional Are You (and Your Church?) - Leader: How Charismissional Are You (and Your Church?) By Keith Gamon A recent set of discussions surrounding this whole debate with other leaders from our...
13 years ago
Grace City Blog, Grace City Church

Watching the disaster unfold - Who will ever forget the scenes of utter destruction and force of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. I sat spell bound watching the disaster unfold. By P...
14 years ago
Jubilee Church Derby

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New Community Church, Sidcup

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Christ Church Manchester

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Church for the City - East London

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Oasis Church, Birmingham

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frontiers church

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Church Planting

Salisbury City Church

Why we're changing our name to Grace Church - This coming Sunday (11th Sept) we switch from being Salisbury City Church to being Grace Church. The reason for the change can be summed up in one word: MI...
9 years ago
beginning in dublin

Robot & Frank: Film Night Sun 2 Mar - Don’t you all wish that you had your own personal robot? Would I get it to wash the dishes first? Or maybe give me a back rub? Or help me rob a bank?! Well...
11 years ago
Stockholm Church Plant

Prayer walking in Stockholm - In a just two weeks time we’ll be hosting a prayer weekend for our church plant. We have two aims: to pray for our city and to pray for our church plant....
12 years ago
CCM Church Planting

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Estonian Blogs

Tim Heath

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly––Part Three - Now we have landed at the final part in this mini-series, a catch up on what is happening with my family in Tallinn–what has happened in the case of the f...
8 years ago

Group Blogs

Christian Apologetics UK

Could solar eclipses be evidence for God? — Premier Christianity - [image: eclipse] This morning I published a guest article at the Premier Christianity blog (associated with the UK’s Premier Christian Radio). In it, I ela...
10 years ago
Steve Tibbert - Leadership

- I am currently taking a break from his blog... We are in yet another new phase of church life at King's Church London, this time undertaking a major staff ...
11 years ago
Mosaic Leeds Treasure Hunters

A festival of health and healing - I'm on a little journey of discovery into the fascinating UK subculture of health and healing festivals. These events attract visitors interested in develo...
12 years ago
The Leaders Poole

A Word for Pastors - Here is a recording of a 15 minute talk I gave at a regional pastors gathering talking about some of the highs and lows of what we do, and how we should re...
13 years ago
Mobilise UK

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Student Blog

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PersonalTract.Com

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CCK Reason

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Irish blogs

Steve Vaughan

Prayer-Goals For Our Sabbatical – 4 Fs - Leanne and I are about to start a 6 week sabbatical, stepping away from both church work and HubSpot work. One of our advisory team members is also taking ...
6 years ago
beginning in dublin

Robot & Frank: Film Night Sun 2 Mar - Don’t you all wish that you had your own personal robot? Would I get it to wash the dishes first? Or maybe give me a back rub? Or help me rob a bank?! Well...
11 years ago

Musicians and Bands

Matt Blick

Interview: Mistakes & Magic – Fifty Five Stories Down with Matt Blick - Nicholas Tozier of the Lyric Writer’s Workroom interviewed me recently about my new album Fifty Five Stories Down (available here). What artists inspired y...
6 years ago
Matt Giles

Hitting hard. - I love those moments when God taps you on the shoulder and says ‘I told you so’. There are points in your life when you realise that there are things tha...
13 years ago

New Zealand Blogs

The King's Youth

The Little Things In Life

South African Blogs

Lex Loizides

Public Speaking. Advice from the Ancients: what NOT to do - Public Speaking can be a daunting task. Here's some advice from the finest that Greece and Rome have to offer – on how NOT to do it! Enjoy.… Continue read...
6 days ago
starting on saturdays

22 January - My sweet mama would have been 52 today. It’s been 11 years since she squeezed my hands reassuringly as she always used to do. I realise that I’ve missed he...
9 years ago
Luke's reveries

The Birthday Baboon - Three days ago I handed in my masters thesis and, now that I have my life back, I decided that one of the steps towards reintegration into normal life shou...
11 years ago

Spanish Blogs

Salisbury City Church

Why we're changing our name to Grace Church - This coming Sunday (11th Sept) we switch from being Salisbury City Church to being Grace Church. The reason for the change can be summed up in one word: MI...
9 years ago

Swedish Blogs

Phil Whittall

Midsummer - [image: Midsummer] Today is Midsummer’s Eve and the beginning of the BIGGEST celebration in the Swedish calendar. Yes bigger than Christmas, yes bigger th...
1 year ago
Max Holtz

Justin Abraham does it again - The first and only time I had a real heaven encounter was when Justin Abraham took me to heaven. I was at his Encounter School and he was talking about how...
8 years ago
Stockholm Church Plant

Prayer walking in Stockholm - In a just two weeks time we’ll be hosting a prayer weekend for our church plant. We have two aims: to pray for our city and to pray for our church plant....
12 years ago
Dan Håland

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UK Blogs

Liam Thatcher

Emmanuel: God with us - Advent is a time of waiting in anticipation for the one who will make all things right. In this talk from Oxford Community Church’s carol service, I reflec...
3 hours ago
Adrian Holloway

13 responses for salvation in Alton - 13 people who told us they were not part of any church, prayed a response prayer when I spoke at Harvest Church, Alton in Hampshire last night. It was gr...
4 hours ago
Mark Landreth Smith

Book review: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan - This is an immense novel. 640 pages. Immense in scope. Immense in characters. Immense in culture and class vision. Andrew O'Hagan shines a spotlight on pos...
1 week ago
Emma Dawson

The Truth Will Set You Free - So last night along with over 11 million others, we tuned into the Celebrity Traitors final and it did not disappoint. TV Gold! As we all gathered around t...
5 weeks ago
grahamcrosbie.com

Dummy Post -
4 months ago
Jon Cressey

Reasons to see the glory - In the deepest recesses of our hearts, there lies a longing for something transcendent, something beyond our ordinary experiences. Consider for a moment th...
4 months ago
Adrian Warnock

Eight Years of living with Chronic Illness - So today is the 8th anniversary of my diagnosis with blood cancer. I had been sick for several weeks and therefore the diagnosis was not out of the blue. B...
6 months ago
LouLou Morris

Beginnings… - Further to fixing the tension problem, I rejigged the heddles so that I get nice wide sheds when I treadle (IYKYK). The whole weaving is so much more plea...
7 months ago
clairemusters

Hope in the darkness - It is my pleasure to welcome Natasha Woodcraft to my blog, as part of her tour with new book The Wanderer’s Legacy. This is part of a series of biblical ...
7 months ago
Eric Gaudion

Is Revenge a Dish Best Served Cold? - 'Revenge is a dish best served cold' is a saying attributed to a French novel of the 18th Century, but frequently quoted in the 21st. It probably came ou...
1 year ago
Marcus Tutt's Blog

Music Maker - The recent AI conversations I’ve heard and images I’ve seen have been so impressive that I wondered if anyone had created AI music using the same technolog...
3 years ago
Simon Benham

My Blog is Moving to a New Home - I wanted to let you know that my blog is moving to a new home. After many years on Google's blogger site it is moving to be integrated into our Kerith we...
3 years ago
The Wendy House

Our Christian Heritage - One evening in 1956, Terry’s sister came home and had a chat with him. “I’ve become a Christian”, she announced. Terry wasn’t interested. “Aren’t we all Ch...
4 years ago
thequietstreet

cornish pasties and raspberry jam - After watching The Great British Bake Off recently, the episode where they were tasked with producing Cornish Pasties, I knew I had to make some that more ...
5 years ago
Luke Davydaitis

200 words on Godric - *Godric*, by Frederick Buechner, first published in 1981. If you’ve ever read even the briefest of hagiographies – a record of a Saint’s life that seems...
5 years ago
Matt Blick

Interview: Mistakes & Magic – Fifty Five Stories Down with Matt Blick - Nicholas Tozier of the Lyric Writer’s Workroom interviewed me recently about my new album Fifty Five Stories Down (available here). What artists inspired y...
6 years ago
Richard Walker

The Window and the Mirror: A Good Friday Meditation - Windows and mirrors have something in common, they both enable us to see things that ordinarily would remain hidden to us. We can’t see through walls. Wind...
6 years ago
Graham Pyman

Cambodia – Sunday afternoon update - So, it’s Sunday afternoon and I thought it might be worth updating you as to our weekend! After arriving on Friday evening, we were met at our hotel by Rut...
6 years ago
Catarina Benham

Our Living Hope - *Not sure what happens with my blog...or me writing my blog! Can't believe I've been away from it for almost two months. Oh well, no condemnation! Let's pi...
7 years ago
Louisa Collington

God of the delay - Two months ago I worked in a responsible fast-moving job managing complex workloads, wining and dining clients and hitting optimistic targets. My salary af...
7 years ago
Jeff Featherstone (Halifax, UK)

Even now you could fix this EU (and the UK) - The subject of the EU has long being a polarising subject in the UK, but what is striking about the response to the referendum is that, rather than it bein...
7 years ago
Kevin Gill

Ruth - We have been looking at Ruth recently on Sunday mornings and three over-arching themes continually speak to me. The first theme is grace. We know that Elim...
7 years ago
Josh John

Easter Playlist 2017 - If you want to view this playlist/subscribe to this playlist, direct link to the playlist here
8 years ago
Scott Taylor

Cakes at Reading Girls School - Not every one will know this, but every half term Judy, Bea and Alan go into Reading Girls School with cakes baked by our army of outstanding RFC bakers...
8 years ago
Phil Moore

You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged here for a... - You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged here for a while. There’s a reason for that. I have moved my blogging home to *Everyday Voices*. I’m now blogg...
8 years ago
Robert Mason

Why do we like sales? - At this time of year, it's easy to be seduced by sales tickets, promising an item at a price advertised as significantly lower than at a previous time. In...
9 years ago
Samuel Rich

The Potter – Orphan Sunday 2016 - This year our team had the privelege of creating this years Orphan Sunday video. This video will be used in churches, fellowships and gatherings across the...
9 years ago
stevangelical

The Strange Good News - [SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!] It’s three days since I saw Doctor Strange with Amy and many scenes and quotes and threads are still swirling around my head like so...
9 years ago
Gordon Watson

Navigating change - Friends, we live in a time of unprecedented change on a global level, yet not all of us can easily navigate change! The whole world watches as Britain make...
9 years ago
Sean Green

Luca Anderson - I'm guessing that by now many in RFC will have heard the tragic news that Luca Anderson died on Sunday night (3rd July). His death was unexpected and as ye...
9 years ago
The Failed Atheist Blog

4 reasons why every Christian should be pro-life - I wrote an article a few weeks ago for Premier Christianity Blog which was picked up by Lifenews.com and shared a couple of thousand times and can be viewe...
9 years ago
Green Christian

#euref What is the EU Anyway? - The EU referendum campaign is underway, and a lot of people don’t think they know enough to decide how to vote. So I thought I’d try explaining it all. Thi...
9 years ago
the blue fish project (dave bish)

Every story whispers his name - Since my first son was very young Sally Lloyd-Jones' The Jesus Storybook Bible has been staple reading in our house. We've probably read it 60-70 times t...
9 years ago
nathan the alien

An Attempt at Objectivity - As George Osborne’s first Conservative only Government budget was being delivered yesterday my Twitter and Facebook feeds began to be filled with anger, pa...
9 years ago
Craig Mackay

Feb 10th and 12th... - February 10th and 12th come around with unceasing regularity (once a year, oddly enough!)....we've had a few tears this week. It's now 6 years for me and ...
9 years ago
My Theo-Blogy

You’re Being Watched… - The Western world has been enjoying the “Elf on the Shelf” phenomenon for the last few years now. But just in case you’ve missed it, let me read you an exc...
9 years ago
Adam Bream

Number 10 - I don’t often post on this blog anymore, but lastnight something fairly noteworthy happened. I became the 10th Elder of Everyday Church – a fairly sizeable...
10 years ago
OMG: occasional muffled grunts .......... ................ from the old bloke in the corner

Re-present - A Creation Poem based on The Creation Poem (Inspired by musing on the rhythmic patterns in Genesis 1, which make use of these words: God / Said / Let there...
10 years ago
Luke Wood

GBS Update: Friday 19th June 2015 - These blog updates began five years ago. I had been very ill in hospital and, being Christians, we had friends around the world who wanted to pray up-t...
10 years ago
Irene Mooney

CALEDONIA.. - I haven't written a post for so long I had trouble even logging in !! I have had lots of thoughts running around in my head for last few months but never r...
10 years ago
Lastword Publications

A hardening of the heart - A lazy day, sprawled out on the beach, inhaling the sweet scent of summer and the excited chatter of children. High in the cloudless sky the sun shone brig...
10 years ago
Paul LePage

The Maze Runner (2014) - Watch Movie The Maze Runner High QualityDownload The Maze Runner For Free with duration 113 Min and released on 2014-09-19 and MPAA rating is 145. [image...
11 years ago
Gospel Sunshine

New Blog! - Hello! The new blog is finally here! I am quite excited… so please do head over to my new blog. There are some posts over there which are from this blog, b...
11 years ago
The Freedom/Guilt Equation

Walk The Line Festival 2014 - We’re playing on Friday 10th October at The Quaich in Cheltenham…
11 years ago
Grace Foster

Four and Seven - New adventures lie ahead of this little lady. Four short years at home have gone by far too quickly and her time to start the school journey has come. ...
11 years ago
Pete Cornford (Ealing)

The Nations - I love living in Ealing - it is so diverse - there are 172 nationalities that reside here! I so enjoy that Redeemer is made up from people from around the ...
11 years ago
Didaskalian

I mentioned circumcision once, but I think I got away with it. - It’s part of human nature to try and hide away embarrassing details about our lives or about what we believe. Whether that’s the baby photos your mum shows...
11 years ago
Simon Allen

Another Rainy Football Season? - It surely couldn't happen again? After the 2012-2013 season being decimated by waterlogged pitches, this season has been just the same! This is so disappo...
11 years ago
Dan Rodger

How to create a hedonistic, porn addicted and useless generation of young men - I've pretty much given up on blogging longer posts any-more and due to time restraints I'm just gonna go old-school and use my blog for some of my own pers...
11 years ago
wordandspirit

Some Book Reviews - This year has been an extremely busy one for me. My main focus at church has been on running a year-long leadership training course, and I’ve also been cre...
12 years ago
Gault Park

Looking forward… - It’s been some time since I last blogged … in part because I’ve been working on and writing the content for our church plant website, which all being well ...
12 years ago
Where Flowers Grow

Prayer - a dumping ground of responsibility? - I’ve heard it said that we shouldn’t pray for that which we can answer ourselves. In other words, don’t be asking God to help someone if you yourself can...
12 years ago
Andy Lowe

News - Hello! So I haven't posted here for a long time, and here's one of the reasons: That's right. I've been slightly pre-occupied over the last ...
12 years ago
Dave Matthias

Reports from Cwmbran - Two people I trust have been to Cwmbran and I am delighted to read their experiences. Click their names to see their reviews. Graham Pyman leads Jubilee C...
12 years ago
NewSong40

Exciting News - Well, I’ve ben talking about it for a while, but the day is finally (almost) here! This Friday, 3 May 2013, I will be launching my NEW WEBSITE! Whoop! It’s...
12 years ago
Tim Simmonds

Planting Churches With Ninja Children - We have been in Manchester for 3 years and 4 months. By we I mean the Simmonds family. The Manchester branch of the Simmonds family includes me (Husband, D...
13 years ago
Godfirst

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Feeding 5,000 is no picnic...

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Mark Rushworth (Sheffield)

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Nicolas Ferguson

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The Radical Life !

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Terry Virgo

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John Dutton

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David Jones

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Student Blog

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USA Blogs

Steve Tipton

Appreciation - Appreciation is the grease that keeps relationships moving. Nothing is more powerful to convey the value of an individual. Genuine appreciation feeds the...
5 years ago
Fenway Church Boston

David W's Sabbatical (Summer 2014) - I am very grateful to have been given an opportunity at my request to take a 2-month sabbatical beginning May 25 and ending July 25. A sabbatical is a r...
11 years ago
Matt Sweetman

Start disciple-making sooner (and a book I wrote) - Since starting Destination Church in Chicago we have experience the good, the bad and ugly of church planting. We started with a very small team and after...
13 years ago

Zambia

Project Tehila

Happy New Year - Hi Tehila friends I cannot quite believe that we have come to the end of 2019! From all of us at Tehila Zambia and Tehila UK, we want to wish you and your ...
5 years ago