the thinking church

On this episode of #thethinkingchurch Pastor Mark shows us one of the greatest things that will kill compassion in our lives: ‘hurry’. We can become so busy and task-focussed that we no longer notice the needs of others around us. In almost every industry it now seems that people no longer have time to care for the people their product is catered for. Deadlines and targets have trumped care and attention. What's even more disserting is that this hurry and busyness has now found its way into the Church:  the very place where compassion and care should be paramount.

This week Pastor Mark talks about ‘parenting from the other side’ - Where so many parents only truly see the effects of their parenting after they have been saved and are now walking in the truth of God's Word, with so many parents carrying guilt and shame as a result of this. This episode is to encourage all parents who have or are trying to now navigate parenting from a different mindset and value. 

On this week’s #thethinkingchurch Pastor Mark describes how a little laziness in our growth can quickly snowball into us becoming less teachable - that leads us to look to being fed in unhealthy ways, often at the expense of others. 

Join Pastor Mark as he describes the problems and division that can occur when we allow our personal preferences to drive what we expect from church and ultimately from God – rather than keeping Christ and His word at the centre.

On episode 6, Pastor Mark describes the times we encounter tension in a conversation, or a feel that something is not quite right, how it’s easy to think it’s just us – when in fact, our spirit may be giving us a collective sense of an underlying issue that needs resolved to help us better navigate and guide our relationships.

Join Pastor Mark on #thethinkingchurch as he highlights how invasive technology has become in our lives today: limiting our ability to communicate and stunting our internal growth, especially affecting the younger generation. He explains the counter-cultural steps we can take to reverse these effects in our lives and in the lives of our children. 

On this week’s #thethinkingchurch Pastor Mark describes how the individual characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit are intertwined as one, teaching us how to distinguish between false fruit and the real thing, so we can experience organic growth in our lives.

On this week’s #thethinkingchurch Pastor Mark explores why so many of us can be obsessed with cheering on and wanting the underdogs to win – encouraging us to develop a healthy view of both the underdogs and the overcomers in our lives. 

On episode 2 of the new series, Pastor Mark describes how, the more we seek a philosophy for health and wellbeing out-with God, the more our perception of Jesus can get distorted, leading us further into self-sufficiency. 

On the 1st episode of the new series, Pastor Mark explores how becoming more tolerant of pain and learning about our minds is not a measure of our Christianity and is in reality no substitute for learning about God Himself through His word – where transformative faith truly stems from.