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When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. Mark 6:34 Over the past week I wonder if you have been asking Jesus to help you see people as he sees them. It is very easy […]
As Jesus ministered to people, the response of those who claimed to know God was revealing, Luke records: But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:2 We may be critical of those leaders but one of the easiest things to do is to […]
Jesus said ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men’. The purpose of the church is to join Jesus in His mission and go into His harvest field but we can so easily become distracted. Recently, I was in Langa, a township on the edge of Cape Town, South Africa. I was speaking […]
In Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus said: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I […]
In John 4:35 Jesus says, ‘Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest’. I was speaking at a Rooftop Conference at a church in North London recently. At the end I encouraged the people to think […]
Recently I was in Virginia and a church that I was working with asked me to spend time with their leaders considering the question ‘what is the purpose of the church?’. At first sight this seems a pretty easy question to answer…. BUT!