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Category Archives: Great Commission

A Welshman’s Testimony: Jesus Never Lets Go!

Yesterday I recorded an interview with Mark Dorey, a really good friend who came to faith relatively late in life as a result of God’s amazing providence. Mark leads one of the house groups with Temple Baptist Church in Pontypridd (Wales) and he’s also one of eight people on our teaching team. His story highlights [...]

Posted 11 April 2008 § Culture § Daily Scribe § Evangelism § Interviews § Relational Christianity § United Kingdom § Wales ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Short-Term Mission Teams :: Think Outside the Box!

[See previous article, "Short-term missions in a post-modern culture" in this series on missions.]
Apart from short-term mission teams (STMT) parachuting into a foreign mission field for seven to ten days, what are the alternatives for Christians who want to explore other cultures and employ their gifts in service to our King? Shouldn’t we demystify “missionary [...]

Posted 10 April 2008 § Christian life § Daily Scribe § Evangelism § Missions § North America § United Kingdom § Wales ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Short-Term Missions in a Postmodern Culture

In spite of the weaknesses of evangelical Christianity in the United States, it does appear much more healthy and robust when placed alongside the average congregation in Wales, the only principality in the United Kingdom where this author has gained sufficient experience to make any credible observations. The average congregation in the valleys of South [...]

Posted 08 April 2008 § Culture § Daily Scribe § Evangelism § Missions § United Kingdom § Wales ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Giving up Southern-fried breakfast for the kingdom

Man, I really miss my soul food, especially the typical Southern-style breakfast. It’s one of the huge sacrifices (according to me) that I made in moving to Wales nearly four years ago: no access to the sort of Southern-fried meats and vegetables that I grew up on my home state of Mississippi. No wonder heart [...]

Posted 01 December 2007 § Culture § Daily Scribe § Kingdom of God § Missions § Personal § United Kingdom § Wales ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Famous Last Words

A father left his son, Charlie, in charge of the family business—a huge strawberry farm—because he was getting older and wanted to travel abroad while his health still permitted. The farm was handed down to him by his father forty years earlier and since then he had invested all of his time, energy and resources [...]

Posted 30 October 2007 § Christian life § Daily Scribe § God's will § Jesus Christ § Teaching/Preaching § The Church § Theological education ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Gospel Ministry, Part 3 :: Culture Shock (withdrawal pains)

[Continued from Part 2]
Most Americans are “spoiled for choice,” to use a British expression describing the multitude of options available in everyday life. Again, the grocery store is a good example of this: brand after brand of nearly every item in the store, from soup to nuts. No wonder it used to take my wife [...]

Posted 21 December 2006 § Culture § Missions § Personal § United Kingdom § Wales ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,