Oct 24th 2013 -
I’ve only gone and read a book haven’t I?! When people write books about their lives, their faith, what they’ve learnt about God and his world, we expect a book of “best practice”. Excellent people writing excellent words about the excellent things they’ve done for Jesus. And then sometimes you come across authors who have not put excellence in a book... they...
Oct 23rd 2013 -
When you get an email that starts with ‘grace and peace in abundance to you’ you know you’re hearing from a legend. A week later I was sat across from an enthusiastic pastor who church planted to the north ten months ago and now leads a community of around 50 adults and 30-40 children. It still counts itself a small...
Oct 21st 2013 -
5. Church It is the none or casual attendance of church that quickly erodes vibrant faith. If church is treated like an optional extra or a gym membership it becomes just another student consumer choice. Invariably those school leavers who decide to take a holiday from church during the student years rarely go back. I believe one of the elements that could...
Oct 17th 2013 -
The sun sets much earlier in winter. You’re walking home from campus in the dark. As you head out into the gloom the drip, drip, drip of dread gradually fills up the pit of your stomach. Part of you doesn’t want to go home. Because behind the door is another night out, another evening of drinking, freezing pilgrimages around town, lights on...
Oct 14th 2013 -
4. Money According to Jesus the love of money is a deadly disease. He devoted 25% of the Sermon on the Mount to the subject of money and possessions. He prescribed the antidote to this particular heart disease to be through radical generosity and sacrificial giving for the Kingdom cause. The symptoms of the disease are consumerism and materialism. It is a...
Oct 9th 2013 -
“Isn’t that wrong though? I mean, a party in church? Sex and drugs and all that in a church building is just wrong.” The Fresher scratched his head and shook it at the thought of a welcome party being hosted by and in a church. “I think perhaps we have a slightly different take on what a party is mate. Last party I...
Oct 7th 2013 -
3. Sex Sex@oxbridge is a blog that makes disturbing reading and will send a shiver down any Christian parents’ spine. It is a female students’ account of her one night stands and her appetite for lots of sex. This might seem like an extreme example, but is indicative of the expectation, availability and celebration of sexual encounters at university. The media...
