| By Andy Moyle | 5 mins 24 secs | 0 Comments
Today we are reminded of the centrality and magnitude of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. A claim that separates the Christian worldview from every other and upon which the Christian faith stands. Tom Wright puts it like this “The resurrection is the foundation of the Christian counterculture. And the immediate results go […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 17 secs | 0 Comments
It would seem that gathering together in Corinth for worship was a boisterous, messy affair and not in a good way. People were outdoing each other, showing how gifted they were with tongues and prophecies, talking and shouting over each other. So Paul wants to address the issue – he wants the gifts, but done […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 23 secs | 0 Comments
I hadn’t been expecting God to speak to me as He did soon after I came to faith in Jesus. I experienced His voice in numerous surprising ways including dreams, visions, images of Scriptures, some of which I had no familiarity with, and people sharing prophecies with me. This all strengthened me in many ways, especially with the knowledge that God strongly desires to have […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 44 secs | 0 Comments
The Church is a body made up of different parts – everyone is vital and needs to be doing what God has wired them to do. Some parts have greater impact – some gifts are more impactful than others – the “higher” gifts. So Paul gives us one of his gift/ministry lists which do vary […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 21 secs | 0 Comments
Divide and conquer is a military and political tactic that dates back to before the birth of Christ. It’s a strategy that has been employed by Machiavelli, Julius Caesar, Napoleon… and Satan. You see, we’re easier to pick off as individuals. When we believe the lie that we’re of no use to other Christians, or […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 58 secs | 0 Comments
‘Hats on or off’ is all about authority and being under godly authority. Jesus is the head of the church – he is ultimately in charge. In the family, the husband is head of his household – and that is servant leadership, loving your wife as Christ loved the church. In other words dying to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 5 mins 45 secs | 0 Comments
I used to be part of a running group, which I really enjoyed. I loved the exercise in the open air and the camaraderie amongst the runners. As time went on, there was talk of 10ks and half-marathons and the coach encouraged us to set targets of competing in longer distance events in order to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 53 secs | 0 Comments
One of our chief aims is to make disciples – that task was what Jesus left ringing in the ears of the 11 apostles when he ascended to sit at God’s right hand. So Paul tells us to get into the world, get our hands dirty and get into the culture in order to reach […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 21 secs | 0 Comments
1 Corinthians is a pretty combative letter from Paul – there’s clearly some issues that have been raised by the church and he is not too impressed with all the sin that is being applauded. From today’s passage we can see Paul is answering some criticism about ministry salaries from the church. John Wesley said […]