Monthly Archives: November 2011

Pray for YWAM Newcastle!

This absolute legend of YWAM Newcastle, Stevie Lujan, was sharing with us today a very interesting metaphor about Christians. Christians are fire-fighters. We have the training, we have the equipment, and we see the smoke and the fires burning. Why is … Continue reading

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Social Media Version (SMV)?

A great friend of mine, Daniel Norris, is kicking off this awesome social media experiment; making the bible ‘relevant’ and ‘applicable’ to social media. It’s called the Social Media Version (SMV). He’s inviting people to submit (tweet/facebook) their own versions … Continue reading

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Why I do what I do…

I suppose if you’re reading this, it’s important to know what I do, and why I do it. I’m currently working with a group called Youth With A Mission (YWAM), in Newcastle. YWAM is a non-denominational, non-profit Christian mission organisation … Continue reading

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Porn is okay, isn’t it?

Jacob’s Story from Unearthed on Vimeo. Pornography; Printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity. Growing up as ‘christian’ guy I always had the feeling that pornography (porn) was wrong. I can’t pin-point what … Continue reading

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Five small islands…

I suppose my understanding of what a family is has changed a lot over the past year or so. For as long as I can remember I’ve lived in a different country to my extended family; my aunts, uncles, grandparents … Continue reading

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The Relevant Church Part 1

I’ve started reading this book called “the relevant church”, put together by some leading pastors and evangelist type people. As many of you know, I’m not much of a reader, but this is actually quite thought-provoking. Chapter one draws a … Continue reading

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Spiritual Warfare

This week’s speaker was a guy called Kevin Frohlich, the mobilization director/ leader of YWAM Penang. When he was growing up he was strongly involved in the occult in South Africa. During this time he had the ability to see … Continue reading

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Who is ‘God’?

The week before last we had lectures about the character and nature of God, with a guy called Maged Kalter, the director of the Kings Lodge YWAM base in London. I suppose it’s difficult to know where to start really. … Continue reading

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