My Definition Of ‘Organic’ Church and How It Is Different To ‘Institutional ‘ Church?
Someone recently asked this question on Facebook. I thought it was a good question because there’s so many different types of gatherings that are calling themselves ‘organic’ which clearly are not. And so this was my reply with some added thoughts based on my experience and understanding. To me, true and authentic organic church is simply, Christ. In ‘organic’ church, Christ is the Head and the life of the church. That’s what organic church is – His life. It is…
When You’ve Got Nothing To Say, It’s OK
Lord, I would love to have something of Your life to share today. I realise there is no life in anything that would come simply from me. My own wisdom is as no wisdom at all. My own thoughts are fleeting. My own creativity cannot compare with that of others to bring about a greater picture of what my heart would want to convey. But Lord, Your life is amazing. You have a way by which You communicate from and through…
The Promise of Compensations and Persecutions
A really vital truth and reminder of that truth……please read on… By T. Austin-Sparks from: God’s Supreme Interest in Man – Chapter 3 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. (Colossians 3:9,10 NIV) Christ Himself, when He was here, never failed to let people know that when they entered that door, or…
Do you feel like leaving church?
What’s ‘church-hopping’ all about? “Don’t be a church-hopper” I was always hearing. “Oh you know them, they’re church-hoppers, they never stay in the one place for long….”people would say. “They’re not stayers….they’re always moving around”. *By the word ‘church’ in this context, I am referring to the building/denomination where you attend a Sunday or Saturday service to hear a sermon and sing worship and praise songs etc, in the company of a congregation where there are positions of authority and…
Why Being a Christian Can Seem Hard Sometimes
Being a follower of Christ is all about a surrendered life, and there are costs involved we never even knew of. Sometimes I sense the Lord doing something in me, and I can’t even tell what it is. Often I’m experiencing some discomfort, pain or suffering in a way that I can’t put into words. It’s not necessarily that my external circumstances have changed; by anyone’s account, my life appears to be going along just swimmingly. But there is an apprehension that something…
What You’ve Got To Know About The Christian Life – An Interview By Rocky – Part 2
Hi everybody (& especially to all dog lovers)! Rocky here & welcome to my second guest blog post where I continue my extraordinary interviewing skills with Donna! If you missed the first part of this interview you can go to it by clicking on this link here Previous Post. I suggest you check that out before reading on so that this one makes sense. In this second interview, I continue to discuss with Donna this whole ‘Christian life beyond salvation’ thing we were talking about….
What You’ve Got To Know About The Christian Life – An Interview By Rocky – Part 1
Welcome to Drawing From The Well’s first-ever Guest Blog post! Yup, I’m a dog. My name is Rocky, and Donna is my mother. The way I came to be a guest blogger is, I noticed she’s become very busy lately, in her office. So I trotted on in there one day and asked just what she was up to. Well, I was so intrigued that we decided it might be fun for me to interview her! (tail wagging). We had…