Oct 9th 2018 -
God is calling you into relationship with him. This is what a life of holiness looks like. Becoming like our friends Anna is blond, blue eyed uni student with a big smile. She is a good friend of mine. When I spend a lot of time with her, I’ve noticed that I’ve start doing the same hand gestures as she does. I...
Oct 9th 2018 -
God says: “Be holy, because I am holy.” But what does it mean to live a life of holiness? What this means is that you are holy. What a great statement of identity! The meaning of holy is to be set-apart for God. In the original scripture the greek word is hagios. It means to be God’s – owned by Him. This means...
Oct 8th 2018 -
One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is how they are welcomed by the local church.* These were some of my favourite stories. The ones where first impressions of church utterly blew the students away and completely changed their perception of God and his followers. Descriptions of the church being a welcoming, accepting and non-judgemental community made...
Oct 5th 2018 -
Theology Slam is searching for the most engaging voices thinking theologically about the contemporary world- could you be in the mix? A partnership between SCM Press, Lambeth Palace, The Church Times and LICC; Theology Slam is an opportunity for you to explore theology in relation to a contemporary topic and answer the question- what does engaging with this theologically mean for Christian...
Oct 4th 2018 -
One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is reading the bible.* Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so... and it still introduces students to the love of Jesus today. This isn't just any book. It's an encouraging revelation from my research to discover that the Bible really is an incredibly transformative and...
Oct 3rd 2018 -
What happens when you gather 13 student workers and students from 7 churches on a stall at a University Freshers Fair? Unity happens, and students want to try church. It was on a try church stand at a Freshers Fair last week that I began to see an answer to Jesus’ prayer in John 17. In these verses, Jesus prays for...
Oct 2nd 2018 -
I can still vividly remember walking round my uni freshers fair. Every step I took gave a new person an opportunity to grab my attention, shove free stuff in my already over-laden hands and give me their well rehearsed pitch about what they can offer me: 'Sign up to our emails and you'll get…', 'Buy this and we'll give you…', 'Come...
