Stephen Kneale

Stephen Kneale

God Doesn’t Need Us to Evangelise, But He Wants us to Anyway

“It’s kind of like when my dad used to let me ‘help’ him as a child fix the car. He didn’t need my help. In fact, my help probably slowed everything down and made things a bit messier. But the things I did were definitely some sort of help. I was definitely involved in the work. And the reason my dad included me was to help me grow and so that I could spend some time with him. He didn’t…

Evangelism Isn’t Complicated

“You don’t need another course. You don’t need extensive training. You need a sentence or two that explains who Jesus is and why he matters. And you know it because you already believe it. And if you know it and believe it, you are equipped with everything you need to go and share it with other people.” Read more…

What to do when people are disappointing and the church lets you down

“People are so disappointing, aren’t they? One doesn’t have to be around church very long to discover that people let you down. The reason there are no perfect churches is that there are no perfect people. Add a sinner to a room full of sinners and it is hardly surprising that we encounter sin. Welcome yet another failure into a church full of failures and it is little wonder that people will let you down. Given that the church is the sum…