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When I arrived back at our B&B on Saturday I put 5 live on for a bit just before we went to sleep, and was rather pleased to hear an interview with David Hamilton, a former loyalist paramilitary member from northern ireland who became a Christian.

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Had to sort this out in the morning because yesterday was a crazy long day and we didn’t get to sleep until around 3am, with no time to sort out the video editing.

Anyway, here it is, highlights from thursday:

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Me and Aaron share our highlights from today.

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This morning was the first of the mobilise sessions, followed by the first set of mobilise seminars. For me there was a really clear theme running through those morning sessions of relying totally on God.

In the main session Tom Shaw spoke on John 5:16-18, sharing how we ( Read more... )

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A quick video of reflections on day 1

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One big theme from today was reaching out to and caring for the poor. In the first session Scott Marques worked through Matthew 16:13-20, talking about the three dynamics of Gods kingdom you find in the passage. Gods passion for the poor and lost, Gods passion for the ( Read more... )

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Nothing much to say, except that we have all arrived safely, and here is a brief video of some of our expectations for the week.

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Hopefully we will manage to make daily video updates like this, and they will all appear on the blog!

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So we’ve arrived in Brighton and are just going to chill out for the rest of the day. Later on all of us (which is 14 of us mobilise lot, plus Richard) will be eating together and generally having a relaxing and fun evening.

Tomorrow morning the conference kicks off, and I ( Read more... )

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In case you hadn’t noticed, there is an election happening right now. I had the pleasure of speaking from Romans 13 this morning on government and our submission to it. My hope is that I managed to encourage a bunch of people to get engaged with politics, to realise that ( Read more... )

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Well, OK, it kind of is. But more importantly it’s also about the resurrection!

The Cross is a beautiful place, where Jesus became sin for us so that we could live and have freedom to worship God. I love the Cross and I go there often because I need constant reminding ( Read more... )