Hopefully you received a letter from the Families Team with some ideas of how to do Church at Home (if you didn’t, and would like to, drop them a line at families@mie.org.uk). Here's how it went for us... hope it helps. If you would like to show MIE how you did Church at Home, get your mum or dad to let Mark know and we'll get it on the website.
Jephthah (part 4 of 4)
Why does Jephthah get it so very wrong? As we bring our reflection on this tragic Judge to a close, we'll be thinking about how critical it is that we know the Bible, and allow the Holy Spirit to shape our vision of God through His Word.
Jephthah (part 3 of 4)
Why do we find it so difficult to simply trust the grace of God to us in Christ? And what does it look like when we don't believe God is who He says He is?
Jephthah (part 2 of 4)
We continue reflecting on the story of Jephthah. At the heart of the story is the question of how the LORD deals with us? Is it on the basis of who we are and what we do... or on the basis of who He is and what He does? We call this 'grace'. It's so central to our experience of Jesus, and yet so very easy to get wrong…
...continuing our evening series in Judges: Jephthah.
On Sunday evening I would have been preaching on Jephthah. Here is some of what I would have been saying (part 1 of 4) about one of the most tragic stories in the Bible…
Sunday Stimulant
“I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure, so long as I may save souls. When I sleep, I dream of them; when I awake, they are first in my thoughts … no amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition, or of brilliant and stirring eloquence, can atone for the absence of a deep, impassioned, and sympathetic love for human souls”
David Brainerd (1718-47)
You can hear a great message by John Piper on the life of David Brainerd here: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/oh-that-i-may-never-loiter-on-my-heavenly-journey
Over the next few weeks, why not get hold of a biography of Brainerd, or of his journal, which is still in print, and have a read! Younger readers will enjoy ‘A Love for the Lost’ by Brian Cosby.
Introducing a new 'lockdown' ministry
And we’re back… watch here for video content helping us to stay in touch with each other and with the life of MIE in the weeks ahead.