Tim King Leadership

Leadership and Evangelism My wife and I were talking about our childhood and the life we lived growing up. We had a very privileged life -not in regard to wealth or class, but in the way we were brought up and in the culture that we lived in. In the course of our discussion we both hit upon an issue that we don't see in our present life and situation. We said how we missed people just dropping in to see us for coffee and a chat. That impromptu visit from a friend or family member at the weekend- that resulted in an unplanned BBQ or supper and great laughs and conversations that are still remembered to this day. Today if you want to go and visit a church friend or family member you have to phone for an appointment, just like the doctors. Sometimes you have to plan weeks in advance. Relationships are not built around lasting friendships but around a well organised diary. This got me thinking about church. Do we get so busy in church and serving in church that we forget a...

1 Corinthians 1: 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Introduction;   Here is a short meditation this easter time, where we can think about what the cross is, what it's message and what its symbolism means to us. To the Jews of the 1st Century it was a cursed thing to be hung on a tree in such a way. The Romans themselves while administering it as a form of capital punishment never talked about it. Even they thought of it as a despicable and cruel way to die and they eventually outlawed this method of execution. We today wear crucifixes around our necks as a form of jewellery, but it does not cross our minds to wear a hangman's gallows or   guillotine around our necks. So if we don't think about the cross as a method of execution anymore. Do we remember the act of Jesus dying on the cross, what he went through and remind ourselves of why he did it. Politics: ...