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INERTIA: Christians crawling under the doona

. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, ‘Occupy till I come'. Luke 19:13 In 1965 I had a friend in high school who was a Jehovah’s Witness. She was lonely, probably because of all the rules and restrictions of her parents’...

The season of war

A week ago I was asking the Lord how I should pray for the victims of war in this season of war. I was particularly concerned for children who are radicalized by war: any children born in the wake of the Second World War and the Holocaust, knows what it means to grow...

Walter is gone

Goodnight Walter, rest well faithful servant. Walter is not someone I knew personally but I thoroughly enjoyed hearing his voice on the pages of the books he wrote. If you haven’t met Walter, let me introduce you. His full name is Walter Brueggemann, and he is an Old...

Candles and memorials

In the Hebrew calendar the month of Kislev is the season of dreaming. It falls in winter, and it is the time for the significant days of remembrance, the Festival of Lights. This season is also known as Hannukah, which often coincides with Christmas. Hanukkah is...

Myth Busting – the words we use

As a new Christian you may have experienced the strangeness of Christian language. You may have intentionally avoided the dated phrases and catchwords, and used more contemporary words. Yet language still creates barriers to faith, and traps us unexpectedly. Language...

A key to generational harvest

Honour and the weight of His glory The word ‘honour’ has been on my heart for many weeks, and it has been popping up in my prophecy and preaching, although the fullness of it only came in a prophetic word last Sunday. The Lord showed me that honour was a foundation...