Preached a sermon on the weekend for a small bunch of men, while some enjoyed it and thought it was what they needed a few others have complained about it for various reasons. So my question is “Does that mean you hit the bulls eye?”

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I easily see the negatives in any situation, person and even church – now while this could make me a grounded person  on average it makes me a pessimist. This last month I have seen that my pessimistic mindset has rubbed off on my wife and other people, my wife by nature is a glass [...]

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20
Apr

Bored by Church?

   Posted by: Jermayn

Some people will be horrified that I wrote that but lets face it Christians get bored by church. If you do not like that, move on…. OK if your still reading. Quick question – How do you battle being bored by church? Have you ever battled being bored by church? Have you sat or stood [...]

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1
Apr

What Type of a Christian Blogger Are You?

   Posted by: Jermayn

I see a few different types of Christian bloggers in the world… The real funny people like Stuff Christians Like The Bitter armchair critics and The ones who want to help Now every Christian blogger has one thing in common and that is that they want to see change for the better (I like to [...]

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22
Feb

Jesus + anything = nothing: Back to Basics pt5

   Posted by: Jermayn

and Jesus + nothing = everything! Sounds simple does it not? So why do churches add other requirements and methodology to Christianity? Yes the bible can be hard to read and understand at times but does that make Christianity complicated? No! Have a read of this…. Col 2:6-10 (Message) 6-7 My counsel for you is simple and [...]

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11
Feb

Question Time: Vision vs Church Vision

   Posted by: Jermayn

Quick question I would like peoples opinions about and that is on the Churches Vision. We know about the Kingdom vision (Or Great Commission) that Jesus gave us in Mark 16:15-20 (scripture below) but what about the Vision that gets preached and teached at churches which usually happens in February at every church? Is this [...]

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Yes it is! Just like yesterdays social media which were called flyers or tracks they have a use in the church, However the issue is that churches put all their eggs in one basket and believe that the social media or website will draw in the ‘lost’. Just so you know, when I say social [...]

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7
Feb

The Peter Pan Generation

   Posted by: Jermayn

Let me go sideways from my Back to Basics series & make mention that seeing 40 year olds dress as a 20 year old would does NOT inspire the next generation. No wonder today’s generation will not grow up, they are being lead & discipled by a generation that has yet to learn to act [...]

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1
Feb

Drawing men to Christ: Back to Basics pt2

   Posted by: Jermayn

Colossians 2:8-10 “8 Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man’s wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ: 9 For in him all the wealth of God’s being has a living form, 10 And you are complete in him, [...]

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27
Jan

Back to Basics pt1

   Posted by: Jermayn

I have just finished listening to this sermon (you can watch it below), I do not know anything about the speaker and it is quiet long and full on, definitely not something for the faint hearted (but then, maybe Christianity isn’t for you – but that is another blog post) but its worth listening to. [...]

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