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Could God Use Scotland To Reconcile The World?

Could God Use Scotland To Reconcile The World?

I’ve started writing up my experience of the Lausanne Congress. The theme of the congress was ” God in Christ reconciling the world to himself ” this text is found in 2 Corinthians 5.19 . Its an amazing text for it gives us a great hint about the nature of God. God is in the [...]

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When does a Missiology Become an Effective Movement?

When does a Missiology Become an Effective Movement?

guess I’ve been asking the question when does a Missiology become an effective Movement? How do you bring about a tipping point? Looking around the collection of people here at Cape Town I found myself short of answers but with many questions. However if you get to the end of this post you may find me in a more positive state of mind.

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Reaching the Unreached Near You?

Reaching the Unreached Near You?

Today we were given a research document that outlines the number of people groups in the world who have never heard the Gospel. Many of these groups don’t have a language that has been written down. In other words people of an oral tradition. This means that although we as Christians emphasise the importance of [...]

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What is Truth?

It’s really quite frustrating to be here at the Lausanne Congress. It is almost impossible to get on to the Internet. I think that they must have not fully appreciated the demand that participants would make on the wifi.
I made a post yesterday but when I tried to post it the system crashed. So here I go again.

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Can Robben Island Experience Redemption?

Can Robben Island Experience Redemption?

It was a brilliant day the sun was shining and there was a refreshing breeze blowing in from the Atlantic. I was glad we had gone through the registration for the conference the previous day. The centre looks fantastic and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful, but I must confess I’m already feeling hemmed [...]

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Freedom City – Watch For The Sharks!

Freedom City – Watch For The Sharks!

We were up early this morning to catch the tour bus to get a ride around the city. It was the red tour. The last tour bus I was on was in Glasgow. ( It turned put to be a bit of a disaster), anyway we got on the bus outside the famous St Georges’s [...]

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