Category: Evangelism

It’s Important What You See……… FOLLOWERS OR EMERGING LEADERS

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mission

For twenty years Douglas Hyde was a member of the Communist Party in England before he renounced Communism and joined the Catholic Church. He then wrote a book called Dedication and Leadership to explain what Christians can learn from the Communist’s attitudes and methods.

One day he was conducting a leadership training course for a group of Communists in London and ended his lecture by saying that the Communist Party could take anyone who was willing to be trained in leadership and turn them into a leader, The one qualification was that the would-be leader must be willing to be trained.

As Douglas stepped down from the rostrum, he met …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (94) “PASTOR YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD”

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mentoring

Rod Denton Induction at Elizabeth Church of Christ_2012

Sometime after I had finished pastoring in my last church, as I was walking through my neighbourhood, I sense the Lord impressing upon me these words, “Don’t forget Rod, that you are still a pastor in your neighbourhood.” These words have stayed with me and brought to mind the words of Jesus when He said we are the light of the world and the salt of the earth and His witnesses in the world in which we live, in our neighbourhood, school, workplace, local shopping centre, extended family or wherever the world in which we live takes us.

With this in mind, as pastors in our neighbourhood, Sue and I…….…

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (93) “WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT HUMAN DOINGS.”

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership

Rod Denton Induction at Elizabeth Church of Christ_2012

The issue of identity is possibly the most important issue leaders have to resolve if they are going to be rightly motivated to serve in their role.
This was recently brought home to me when I watched an unusual video clip of a teacher in his classroom. He held up a twenty dollar note and asked his students, “Who would like this note?” They all raised their hands. He then did his best to crumple up the note and again asked his class, “Who would like this now?” They all raised their hands. He then threw the twenty dollar note on the floor and trampled on it and again asked …

WHEREVER YOU GO……..Take the Two Indispensables Jesus Gave His Disciples

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mentoring, Mission

Power and Authority Policemen in a certain town were called to a house where people were found to be stealing possessions from that house. Surprisingly, the policemen stayed on the footpath outside of the house and began to sing about the authority that had been given to them to arrest lawbreakers. As they declared their authority to one another, the robbers completed the task at hand of robbing the house of all its possessions and departed the scene.

This illustration is taken from a book written by YWAMer Dean Sherman called Spiritual Warfare For Every Christian. He goes on to say how we in the Christian world talk about authority and sing about …