Into the Pray

This week on Into the Pray, we are delighted to be joined from the very beautiful Dartmoor in Devon by Ann Widdecombe (MEP).

You may know of Ann from her time in government, from her leadership with Nigel Farage of the Brexit Party in recent years or even from her appearances in Strictly Come Dancing!

It was a privilege to talk with Ann this week as, together, we broached the subject of what it really means to be a Christian with responsibility to witness to others in an increasingly cowardly church scene.

What responsibility do we have to speak out, to intercede and, as Ann says, to take regular risks?

We very much appreciate Ann's willingness to lift her voice and say it as it is!

Ann's book, Sackcloth and Ashes, can be found here. 

Ann, if you're reading/listening, thank you very much again for your time.

You can also watch the video recording of this podcast via Nick's YouTube channel here.

And for everyone else listening and tracking with this podcast each week, thank you very much for doing so! Please consider sending a link to someone who you think might appreciate listening to our guest conversations or, indeed, the teaching series - City of Temples - on Sunday mornings. 

Until next week, "Come, Lord Jesus!"

Love

N&M xx

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In this week's study episode of Into the Pray, we're fast approaching the 1/3rd way point of the book of 1 Corinthians, dealing with the first section in chapter 4.

- How should we view Christian leaders?
- What is the place of conscience within our peace?
- What did Plato and Seneca say about this; what does Paul say about this?
- Are we "judgmental" when we speak boldly about the disgrace in the Church?

Please find discussion on our Instagram channel here, as well on our JesusCome! community app here.

As we continue to embark on this "Work for Reformers" we are increasingly finding ourselves out of our depth in terms of space, capacity and time. Therefore, if you're interested in helping to regularly support what we're doing, please consider regular giving here.  Thank you!

Come, Lord!

Amen?

Love

N&M xx

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In this week's episode of Into the Pray, we speak with Dave Brennan of Brephos, a Christian (not Catholic) organisation heralding the plight of unborn babies. (Correction to the podcast: “Brephos” is the Greek word for “baby” not “breath”).

“They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. ..Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage.” (Psalm 106: 37-38, 40).

Dave helps us with the conviction that we all need be having conversations about this in an ongoing, increasing way and, as such, a new weekly episode of this podcast will now be dedicated to this worthy conversation.  (More info to follow).

Suffice to say, we need much more Christian action and much less Christian apathy/ignorance.

How many people were killed during WW1 and WW2, combined? Do you know? Do you know how many people were killed in the last century through the abhorrence of abortion?

As Dave begins to help us all to understand, this issue of babies being killed on an industrial scale is nothing short of "normalised" genocide and yet tantamount to many, many in our sick society today with merely personal hygiene choices - after all, "It's MY body!", right?

We will all very soon stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ with this incomparable injustice firmly in His view - what will He say to us; what will we say to Him?

More information regarding Dave Brennan & Brephos here, as well as the wider work of CBRUK here.

As well as our regular Friday episodes (featuring guests/book reviews etc) we also have a dedicated Sunday morning session for solid biblical teaching.

As we continue to embark on this "Work for Reformers" we are increasingly finding ourselves out of our depth in terms of space, capacity and time. Therefore, if you're interested in helping to regularly support what we're doing, please consider regular giving here.  Thank you.

Come, Lord!

in Jesus

Nick & Mairi xx

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This is the eighth part of our study through the book of 1 Corinthians.

This week, Nick finishes chapter 3. By exploring the title of this study series, “City of Temples”, we look at the significance of verse 16 cf. chapter 6 verse 19...arguably the two key verses in the entire book!

Catch up on all episodes and please share with someone who you think will benefit.

Thank you for listening.

Come, Lord!

love

N&M xx

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This week on Into the Pray, we are joined by Melvin Tinker, author of multiple books including a recent updated version of That Hideous Strength, a work based on C.S.Lewis' work of the same title.

Melvin was a church minister in the Church of England for over twenty years but, in recent months, has set up a new network of churches separate to the Church of England. Melvin is a good example of a church leader with a God-given "conscription of conscience". Please see here for more info on what we mean by that.

Sit back and listen to Melvin who helps us delve into and understand the dark, demonic cultural agendas that we are living in. In short, by the end of this podcast, you will have an understanding of cultural marxism and how this is something we should be resisting and exposing with every fibre (and prayer) of our being.

Because this is a longer conversation this week, Mairi and I only have a short introduction at the beginning but an important one nonetheless. Please check out our friend, Steve Buckley's, podcast that he published yesterday. Personally speaking (Nick), it made me realise how easily compliant we can become with things that we shouldn't be. You can listen to Steve's podcast here.

Don't miss the eighth part of our study through the book of 1 Corinthians (The City of Temples) this coming Sunday - we'll be completing chapter 3.

As ever, please get in touch, including via Instagram, tell a friend and consider supporting this podcast (and the other content we produce) but seeing our website here.

Until next week, Come, Lord Jesus!

Love

N&M x

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This is the seventh part of our study through the extremely relevant book of 1 Corinthians.

The focus of this week is chapter 3 with specific attention to the defining issue of Christian maturity.

Please be in touch via our instagram account here or via our brand-new community app here. 

Come, Lord. 

Love in Jesus, 

N&M xx

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*Apologies that there was a slight technical problem with the podcast recording this morning. This is now sorted and you can download the track again directly from http://podcast.firebrandnotes.com/

This week on Into the Pray  we are very grateful to talk with David Robertson (aka The Wee Flea), former senior minister of St. Peter's Church in Dundee and now Director of Third Space  in Australia.
 
David and Nick produced some videos a couple of years back about some critically important issues relating to both the Church and the socio-cultural disintegration that we are all witnessing today. (You can find those via Nick's YouTube channel).

In today's podcast, David says, "Scotland has descended and secularised quicker than any nation in history."

If this is true - and it may well be - the British Church need to recognise that a proportional response of humility, repentance and prayer is the gracious, God-given order of the day, not harking back to previous times in our history where a genuine call to repentance may or may not have been issued or nationally observed.

During the reign of King George 73 years ago, marriage still meant in British law what God says it means, millions of people hadn't been torn limb from limb via the horrors of abortion and our children weren't being told that they could select their gender or experiment safely with pornography - we have to get real!

David and Nick may not quite see eye to eye on the place and responsibility of the Church in this particular conversation but they do both agree that until we corporately "come to the end of ourselves" (the exact focus of the book, Body Zero) there can be no hope for reformation, renewal or revival.

You can read David's blog here: https://theweeflea.com
You can find our more about Third Space here: https://thirdspace.org.au/third-space/about-us

Please let us know what you think!

Until next week, 

Come, Lord!

Love in Jesus, 

N&M x

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p.p.s. Don't miss part 7 of our study through 1 Corinthians this Sunday morning. 

 

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This week we finish chapter two of 1 Corinthians.

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We'll be away next week but excited to return as normal on November 1st with tag-teaming through some of the teaching sessions (Mairi and Nick discussing the passages). The implications of Paul’s estimation of the Corinthian church in the opening verses of our next session (chapter 3) should be alarming for us today.

Please make sure that you listen to Nick’s conversation with Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern, and please also consider sharing with someone who might be encouraged.

For further reading, please find Matthew Henry’s commentary here:  https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/matthew-henry/toc/

Thank you for listening.

Come, Lord!

Love in Jesus,

N&M x

P.s. One afterthought re the teaching point in this episode regarding 2:15: our being spiritual (cf. the unspiritual person) is not something to feel superior about but, rather, quite the opposite. This reality of our knowing the secret wisdom of God, and the Person of Jesus, should make us meek and mild, bearing with those who do not understand and ultimately making us pray, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do...”

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This week on Into the Pray, we're delighted to be joined by Andrea Williams, founder/CEO of Christian Concern.

The Christian Concern team are arguably the sharpest point of the primary spearhead of the kingdom of heaven in British society today.

Please take some time to review their great work by visiting their website https://christianconcern.com

It was a real privilege to chat with Andrea about the Church, the ones that, in Psalm 16, David describes as, "...the saints who are in the earth...the majestic ones in whom is all my delight." (NASB).

Like a mouth thawing after dentistry, the solemn, dawning reality is that there are many in the land who claim love, affection and allegiance to Jesus but who also want to argue with what He says. This isn't love; this is idolatry. 

Do you love Jesus? If you do, He’ll compel you.

Faithfulness today will sound shrill to an anti-Christ world. But that’s OK. Political correctness and prophetic correctness will never be compatible this side of His return. 

Please sit back and listen with a heart that's prepared to "do whatever it takes....". 

More free resources, including information about a new community app as an alternative to Facebook, here: https://firebrandnotes.com

We salute and pray for you, Christian Concern.

Thank you again, Andrea; it was a joy. 

Maranatha,

N&M x

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Here we are continuing in our study series through the book of 1 Corinthians. This is the fifth part looking closely at chapter 2 verses 6-10.

Next Sunday, we'll pick back up from verse 10 to the end of the chapter and get ready for chapter 3!

Please let us know your thoughts. You can find our Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/intothepray/

Come, Lord Jesus

Love in Jesus, 

N&M x

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