Thinking about God and Life

This is a weekly Bible study from The Salvation Army Napier based on the message given on the Sunday prior. Date of Message: 9 September 2011 Title: It’s OK to Have Doubts Speaker: Paul Gardner Passage: Acts 12:1-19 And have always had them during my Christian journey. It’s not that I doubt God exists or [...]

Yesterday, as I was “being pastoral” over coffee with Dan from SAJchurch we were talking about how we hear from God[tags]God[/tags]. He asked me how I heard from God, because I always appeared to be “doing” stuff. It got me thinking because recently I have definitely let “doing” for God get in the way of [...]

I’ve just finished reading a post by John Maxwell asking for ideas for his next book project. I very much admire John’s leadership abilities and the way he teaches.  Many of his books grace my shelves and they are often the first ones I go to when developing leaders within my organisation. Sometimes however, even [...]

In the modern world, symbolized by the Cold War, life was compartmentalized, regimented and strictly organized. Leadership in the corporate world and the church was highly regimented. For several centuries, leadership was defined by industrial society. We were in the business of producing and making things. Leaders defined themselves as managers. Authority in the modern [...]

I’ve heard these many times and I don’t know where they originated from but they’re definitely worth reiterating. If you want to keep balance in your life, whether its between work and family, or doing and spirituality, or anything and anything, then start working these three simple rules: Take the aspect that dominates (for most [...]

What do you reckon your job is as a pastor? Communicating the vision? Loving and visiting the people? Developing new leaders? Teaching the Word? I’m not going to argue with you whatever your answer is because we all have to come to our own theology of leadership within the local church. But It’s highly likely [...]