Sent, Not Self-Sent Paul was sent, he didn’t commission himself. That’s worth sitting with for a moment, because it challenges an image many of us carry without realising it — Paul the maverick, the lone […]
Category: Church History
Here Comes the Team Again part 5
The Women on Paul’s Team Open Romans 16 and start counting. Of the twenty-six-plus individuals Paul greets by name, at least nine are women. Not wives mentioned in passing. Not silent supporters. Women Paul names […]
Here Comes the Team Again part 4
When Teams Break If apostolic teams were only ever a story of triumph, we’d have reason to be suspicious. The New Testament is too honest for that. The previous posts in this series have painted […]
Here Comes the Team Again part 3
How Apostolic Teams Form Nobody applied for a job on Paul’s team. There was no recruitment drive, no interview process, no job description circulated around the churches of Asia Minor. And yet Paul assembled one […]
How the early church changed the world
Culturally we are experiencing the rise of neo paganism. What will the church do? Perhaps what we did 2000 years ago in a pagan world. Tim Keller, 2017 In November we looked at two new […]
The Power and Necessity of Friendship
In the complexities and trials of life, nothing stands as a pillar of support quite like a true friend. A friend, in the purest sense, is not just a companion. They are a confidante, a […]
William J Seymour – Azusa Street Revival
This is an edited transcript of a podcast put out by Bridgetown Church in Portland Oregan, the link to the original podcast site is below. February is Black History Month in the United States. This […]
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