September 5th, 2010
When I did my Bible College studies a few years ago one of the books I came across was Allan Harman’s “Learning about the Old Testament”. It was one of the books used for Old Testament Introduction. The author Allan Harman is Principal and Old Testament Professor at Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Here’s [...]
May 29th, 2010
Over the last couple of weeks I have been reading Roger Thoman’s ebook titled, “Simple/House Church Revolution”. I have found it quite enjoyable and very easy to read. In the first chapter he outlines a case for house churches and why they work. Things like they are Biblical, they empower all believers, they simplify the [...]
May 7th, 2010
I was reading more of Frank Viola’s Finding Organic Church today. In particular I was looking at the idea of the Apostle Paul planting a new church in a town, staying with it for six or so months and then leaving it. My first thought was that they would not survive very long on their [...]
May 6th, 2010
As I mentioned yesterday I am reading Frank Viola’s book Finding Organic Church. In the first part it talks about how the early church went about planting new churches. It outlines four ways they undertook this work on pages 48 & 49. 1. The Jerusalem model – A group of apostolic workers spends years raising [...]
May 5th, 2010
I received my copy of Frank Viola’s book “Finding Organic Church” the other day. I have read the introduction and the first couple of chapters. So far it is very interesting. I have always enjoyed reading about organic church, simple church or house churches as they are often called. There is something appealing in it [...]
March 22nd, 2010
Many years ago I read Norman Vincent Peale’s book “The Power of Positive Thinking”. It was a book that dramatically changed my thinking and my life as a result. While the book was written in the 1950′s it still has a lot of timeless truth in it and can still inspire us today. Because of [...]
March 15th, 2010
I was re-reading Joy Dawson’s book “Intimate Friendship with God” over the last few weeks. In it there is a lot of good things that help you to have a close and intimate relationship with God. In chapter eight of the book there is a section that talks about purposes to repent of sin. It [...]