CHEW MORE: WIDER

Sunday 5th April 2015

Chew MoreWider

Dr Bex LewisSocial Media & Online Learning, CODECDirector, Digital FingerprintT: @drbexlW: drbexl.co.uk

Dr Krish KandiahPresident, London School of TheologyFounder/Director, Home for GoodT: @krishkW: krishk.com

WIDER IN USDr Bex Lewis

Transformational Living?He has not allowed Jesus’ gospel to permeate his being. Instead, Jesus has become an add-on when Frank has run out of options on his own, a go-to in times of trouble. Frank is trying to live the “Western dream” and bring Jesus along for the ride as well. (p27)

Dr Marika Rose

https://youtu.be/uAVxTPzuihYhttp://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Weekday/Woman-to-Woman/Clips/Is-it-wrong-to-seek-miracles

John Ortberg“I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear. I need to worship because without it I can forget his calling and begin to live in a spirit of self-preoccupation. I need to worship because without it I lose a sense of wonder and gratitude and plod through life with blinders on. I need worship because my natural tendency is toward self-reliance and stubborn independence.”

Natalie Collinshttps://youtu.be/kKYJ2JDDDT8

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

Hunter S. Thompson

Cris Rogers, p.182The reality is that rather than focusing on the WIDER work of the Holy Spirit we focus on the storm, mountain, or catastrophe before us. We see the problem as bigger than the God of more. This can and will cripple us, as it tells us that God isn’t as powerful as we hoped or dreamed. God isn’t able or capable. May I suggest that we dare to hold our disappointment and cynicism while at the same time having a growing sense of anticipation of something God could be doing?

Discuss• What has limited your prayers and dreams

for future things?• What do you see as the place of miracles in

the contemporary world?• Do we need a new ‘normal’ to shift our

personal expectations with regard to what God is capable of doing?

Naturally supernaturalDr Krish Kandiah

NATURALLY SUPERNATURAL

WIDER

WHAT IS OUR EXPECTATION OF THE MIRACULOUS?

BUILD A CASE FOR CESSATIONSIMBUILD A CASE FOR THE ONGOING OPERATION OF THE GIFTS

Pneumatology

Eschatology Ecclesiology

Deposit

Firstfruits

Body

OVER REALISED OR UNDER REALISED ESCHATOLOGY

Wider for the worldDr Bex Lewis

Life’s a Peach…

Pennie Ley

I think we need to look for and experience faith in every walk of life, whether it be personal, or public. If we don't show it, we may be denying it to someone else. For some people sadly we may be the only contact they have with someone of faith. So we need to share our experiences wherever and whenever we can without going over the top and coming off as some religious nutter. (In the nicest possible sense)

http://bigbible.org.uk/

http://www.newmediacentreofexcellence.org.uk/cnmac/conference

Rogers, p.212Jesus tells the disciples in Matthew 28:

All power [exousia] in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

We are delivered from one authority but given new authority.

Josh Mannhttps://youtu.be/xcNy56Zx5xs

Rogers, p217It is also a motivating factor for us as believers while we are still living here on earth. We are to look for any opportunity, whether it be an open door to sharing, or initiating a conversation to begin to open a door. As long as there are broken lives, Jesus will be sending His Spirit to bring strength, health, love, wisdom, peace, joy, self-control, faithfulness, and unity

Discuss• Do you feel empowered, excited or

overwhelmed? • How can we get more excited by the ‘spiritual

gifts’, and recognise them?• How do we help people to ‘hear in their own

language’, rather than insist that they conform to our rules?

Chew More: WiderFind slides: http://www.slideshare.net/drbexl

Dr Bex LewisSocial Media & Online Learning, CODECDirector, Digital FingerprintT: @drbexlW: drbexl.co.uk

Dr Krish KandiahPresident, London School of TheologyFounder/Director, Home for GoodT: @krishkW: krishk.com