Application forms for Preaching Training Workshops and Prayer Training Workshops for 2025
APPLICATION FORM FOR PREACHING TRAINING AND PRAYER TRAINING WORKSHOPS PREACHING TRAINING WORKSHOPS ‘Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching, and to teaching … Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to…
A bigger gospel? Part 4
Gospel grace, gospel generosity Paraklesis [‘encouragement’, ‘exhortation’, for life and ministry] September 2024 Peter Adam Beloved fellow-workers, This is the 4th and final Paraklesis urging you to embrace and implement a bigger Biblical gospel! ‘For…
Devoted to prayer?
Paraklesis [‘encouragement’, ‘exhortation’, for life and ministry] November 2023 Peter Adam Dear friends, Are you devoted to prayer? The first Christians ‘devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread…
Repentance in slow motion
Note that repentance is not remorse. We repent to God when we acknowledge our sin, and turn from it. In remorse, we feel sorry for ourselves. Or, in modern public life, express sorrow that others…
Leaders, labourers, learners?
Paraklesis [‘encouragement’, ‘exhortation’, for life and ministry] August 2023 Peter Adam Dear friends, Leaders? Leadership is in crisis in our world. Our world is full of bad examples of leadership. We have many different bad…
God’s promises, our only hope
Paraklesis [‘encouragement’, ‘exhortation’, for godliness and good ministry] July 2023 Peter Adam Dear friends, One of my favourite books is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress: it is full of wonderfully vivid characters, who are just…
The Devouring Lion
Paraklesis [‘encouragement’, ‘exhortation’, for life and ministry] June 2023 Peter Adam Dear friends, ‘Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour’ [I Peter 5:8]. No wonder: Though God…
Reimagining your relationship with God
Peter Adam Personal relational prayer with God in the Bible. [You might like to reflect on whether you pray prayers like these! You may feel them, but do you pray them?] Pause between each one,…
Using the Bible to reimagine your prayers
Peter Adam Charles Spurgeon was once asked ‘Which is more important, to read the Bible, or to pray’? [Silly question]. Spurgeon replied, ‘Which is more important, to breathe in, or to breathe out?’ I don’t…