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On this page we have links to over 200 free Christian resources for Pastors and churches, including prayer, evangelism training resources and spiritual discernment. We also cater for Teens and Youth groups, Bible Studies, and Christian Webmasters. These are mostly links to Christian videos, Christian Flash movies, Christian Powerpoints, Worship Background Graphics and Christian Cartoons. We have links to Easter Flash movies, Pentecost Flash Movies and a humorous Pentecost audio sketch and Christmas Flash movies. We also feature a new section of Christian evangelism resources for outreach to MUSLIMS in the UK. If you are planting or launching a new church we have a link to free resources. We also have a new section on spiritual discernment and the avoidance of deception. We also feature important prophetic words for the Church and nation of Britain.

PRAYER RESOURCES FOR THE CHURCH  new

prayer forum logoPRAYER FORUM OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND IRELAND is a major UK prayer resource for the Church. Their vision is to call together the Body of Christ in the British Isles and Ireland to mobilise and encourage prayer, that the church will be passionate in worship, united in love, faithful in witness, and determined to see the nations transformed. (Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 10:27) Their objectives are (1) To promote and facilitate prayer for the transformation of every area of society within British Isles and Ireland, and (2) To encourage world-wide prayer for British Isles and Ireland.   new

PRAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE is an archive of ideas, thoughts, resources and comments all around the theme of mobilising prayer with, and for, young people.   new

24-7PRAYER is an international, interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice that began with a single, student-led prayer vigil in Chichester, England in 1999 and has spread, by word-of-mouth, into 100+ nations.   new



A MODERN PARABLE FOR THE CHURCH  

There was an ambitious businessman in a certain city who had built a huge grease factory. People from all over the world came to view this factory once it was completed and in full production and the ambitious businessman was only too pleased to show the visitors the entire process, from the point where coal was offloaded from ships to the point where the grease was eventually pumped into huge tanks. One day a visitor arrived and asked whether he could be taken on a guided tour through the factory. The owner of the factory escorted the visitor to the outside of the factory where coal from a ship was being offloaded, making use of enormous machines. The coal was then placed onto conveyor belts running on thousands of rollers. From there the coal was dropped into a mill where the large pieces of coal was broken up into smaller pieces. From there the coal ran on lengthy conveyor belts, once again supported by thousands of rollers to the next process and from there to the next and then to the next. The visitor marveled at the conveyor belts crisscrossing throughout the factory with millions of rollers on which these long belts ran. He also marveled at the huge machines used to break the coal into increasingly smaller particles and the other chemical processes used to eventually convert the coal into usable grease and he marveled at the size of the tanks used to store the grease. He had never seen anything like that in his life. It was mind-boggling.

Afterwards, having a cup of coffee with the owner, the visitor was however puzzled by something. “I’ve seen how the coal is offloaded. I’ve seen the processes through which the coal had to go until it finally became grease. I’ve seen the tanks into which the grease is pumped. The only thing I haven’t seen is your facility from where the grease is dispatched to the consumers.” “You clearly don’t understand,” the ambitious businessman answered him. “Didn’t you see those huge machines and the millions of rollers on which the conveyor belts run? They need to be greased often to keep them running efficiently. We don’t have any grease left to dispatch!”


DISCIPLESHIP IS EVANGELISTIC BEFORE IT IS FORMATIVE  

In the typical church, mention the word discipleship and the first thought generated will be along the line of deepening people into greater maturity in Christ. But Jesus starts the process with one of the most clear and simple verses in all of Scripture.

“Follow me and I will make you to be fishers of men.” (Mark 1:17; cf Matt. 4:19)

Straight forward and simple. We follow him. He makes us fishers of men. Condition and promise or, if you prefer, action and promise.

Here’s the stunningly simple question: Does Jesus keep his promises? Obvious response: Absolutely.

So if I follow Jesus he will make me a fisher of men. But the verse indicts me as a non-follower of Christ if I am not fishing for men.

Therein lies a major problem in our approach to discipleship. We bypass the fishing and move right to the kitchen with fish that others have caught and delivered for processing.

It’s artificial. It is not the way of Jesus. And it doesn’t work.

Jesus didn’t say he would make us cooks. (Nothing against cooks!) He said he would make us fishers of men. To follow him means that we fish for men. A discipleship process that by-passes the start of the process misunderstands the whole process.

Our churches are filled with “fisherman” who never fish. They don’t understand the process. But it is worse than that. Our disobedience and failure to fish for men truncates our growth in Christ.

“What, you mean to tell me that if I am not fishing for men my walk with God will some how be warped?”

That’s what Jesus says.

“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” ( John 14:21 ESV)

Jesus ties further disclosure of himself to obedience to his commands. If you want to grow in Christ, if you want to become a true disciple of Christ, start doing evangelism. And watch your understanding of the resurrected One grow according to his promise which he always keeps.

Source: http://chosenrebel.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/weve-got-discipleship-all-wrong/


MEN'S GROUPS/CHURCH GROUPS - ARMOUR OF GOD/SPIRITUAL WARFARE  

VIDEO 1 This video would be an excellent resource/discussion starter for church groups:

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VIDEO 2 ON THE SAME THEME, SEE THE EMBEDDED VIDEO BELOW


SUPERB CARTOONS THAT CONVEY THE GOSPEL AND OTHER MESSAGES  

Watch "The Patchwork King" below:

WATCH LOTS MORE OF THESE MOVIES AT HOPE ANIMATION .


CHURCH LEADERSHIP - UK BOOK LAUNCH  new

Click the banner below for full details of this superb new resource from a British Pastor

 book launch on 21st century church leadership


THE ORIGINAL SERMON LIBRARY OF JOHN PIPER 1980 - 2009  

ALL JOHN PIPER'S SERMONS - FREE TO READ, COPY AND SHARE HERE

SHOULD CHRISTIANS USE ANTIDEPRESSANTS? - WATCH 5 MINUTE VIDEO BELOW OF JOHN PIPER ON THIS


IDOL WORSHIP? - CHECK YOURSELF OUT"


DARWINIAN EVOLUTION 

Our RANDOM MUTATION PAGE shows how foolish the idea is that random events can bring higher development. TRY THE EXPERIMENT FOR YOURSELF AND HAVE A LAUGH WITH US here !


IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM REV DR CLIFFORD HILL ON ABORTION  

Rev Dr Clifford Hill (Centre For Contemporary Ministry, Moggerhanger Park) has received what he believes is an important warning message from the Lord on abortion. For background on Clifford Hill see his page here . We have obtained an mp3 copy of the 23 minute message and you can listen to the message here.

SPUC Evangelicals are aware of this message.


EXCELLENT VIDEO SHORTS

Light of the World from Dan Stevers on Vimeo.


SOME GREAT QUOTES FROM THE PAST  

"The Church has nothing to do but to save souls, therefore spend and be spent in this work' - John Wesley.

"The supreme purpose of every true Christian Church, the chief duty of every Christian minister, the main responsibility of every Christian layman, is to present to all who may be reached, in the clearest and most forceful way, the basic facts of the gospel of Christ and to urge all who hear to make the definite personal response to these facts which God requires. To this, the supreme task, every other duty and activity of the Church, must be secondary and subsidiary." Derek Prince


***FREE BIBLE TEACHING BY REV DAVID PAWSON***  

1. VIDEO TEACHING. CHRIST FAITH MEDIA have made available 34 STREAMING VIDEO MESSAGES from Rev David Pawson's video Bible teaching "UNLOCKING THE BIBLE" series. These cover many books of the Old and New Testaments. To watch these videos go here.

2. AUDIO TEACHING. Rev David Pawson also has 2005 mp3 audio teaching which he describes as "the most important message I have ever given". We would agree it is of major importance to all Christians and therefore encourage you to listen.

To listen to Part 1 select this link and to listen to Part 2 select this link To download these to your computer right click with your mouse and select "save as".


WARNING - THE REALITY OF HELL!

1. FINAL FACTS ABOUT HELL - short YouTube video by Rev David Pawson  

2. Can a loving God send people to HELL? - article by Dr William Lane Craig

3. MANY TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED HELL AND/OR HEAVEN  

4. H A BAKER (Missionary to Tibet, China, and Formosa) recorded visions of Heaven and Hell seen by chinese orphans he was caring for. These are recorded in the book "VISIONS BEYOND THE VEIL". This book is non-copyright, hence we can make it available to you as a free pdf download

5. Victoria Nehale was visited by Jesus many times and warned about the dangers of Hell. - download the pdf file

6. JOHN BUNYAN (AUTHOR OF PILGRIM'S PROGRESS) WROTE DOWN HIS OWN PERSONAL VISIONS OF HEAVEN AND HELL IN 1654. John Bunyan was a 17th century English preacher who spent twelve years in prison for his Christian faith and wrote over 40 books. His best known writing is Pilgrim’s Progress, one of the most famous and popular books in all of world history. John Bunyan wrote his account when he was a young man, of how an angel was sent by the Lord to take him to see heaven and hell. It is a true story, not an allegory or fictional book. While all visions must be judged by the Bible, these seem very scriptural and were used by the Lord to help transform young John into a mighty man of God. download the pdf file here  


HAVE YOU PREPARED YOUR PEOPLE TO SUFFER FOR THEIR FAITH?  

1. QUOTES FROM ALAXANDER SOZHENYTZYN: "So what is the answer? How can you stand your ground when you are weak and sensitive to pain, when people you love are still alive, when you are unprepared? What do you need to make you stronger than the interrogator and the whole trap? From the moment you go to prison you must put your cozy past firmly behind you. At the very threshold, you must say to yourself: 'My life is over, a little early to be sure, but there's nothing to be done about it. I shall never return to freedom. I am condemned to die--now or a little later. But later on, in truth, it will be even harder, and so the sooner the better. I no longer have any property whatsoever. For me those I love have died, and for them I have died. From today on, my body is useless and alien to me. Only my spirit and my conscience remain precious and important to me. Confronted by such a prisoner, the interrogation will tremble'. "Only the man who has renounced everything can win that victory." - Aleksander I. Solzhenitzyn, The Gulag Archipelago*



2. THE GOSPEL OF MARTYRDOM EMBRACE IT NOW, RATHER THAN LATER


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE offer free pdf downloads of advice on topics such as:

"THE UK LAW ON STREET EVANGELISM" and "THE UK LAW ON TRACT WITNESSING" : go there


THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD by Arthur W Pink (1886-1952)


CHURCH LEADERSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY  

The book "Leading the Twenty-First Century Church" is an invaluable newly published resource that provides a biblical model for unleashing church leadership potential and growing strong, mature leaders who possess godly character and moral authority. Written by a pastor who has served many years in the trenches, this book provides church and ministry leaders everywhere with practical, real-world advice that has been tested in a church network and produces results regardless of size or denomination. The book explores . . .

• The use of “defining moments” to encourage character development
• Why many no longer trust church leaders and how trust can be reclaimed
• The role of “emotional intelligence” in assessing the gift of leadership
• The need for vision development

An 8 page summary of the book, with a sample chapter, is available here as a free pdf download

uk flagIn the UK The book can be purchased at Amazon and at Eden.co.uk

us flagIn the USA the book is also stocked by Amazon and by Barnes and Noble


THE ABOMINATION OF THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL 

THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL IS NOW WIDESPREAD IN AFRICA


THE ATTRIBUTES OF A GODLY MAN

A superb web resource exploring the nature of the GODLY MAN


YOU ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE!

An excellent and awesome presentation of who we are:


TEACHING ON HEALING  

We warmly endorse the British-based non-denominational SIMPLY HEALING.ORG under the oversight of the Bishop of Monmouth. It is headed up by Rev Mike Endicott who offers six free mp3 downloads on healing teaching for all.

“Mike Endicott is a wonderfully gifted expositor of what Christian healing means. A brilliantly lively communicator of the gospel, he never speaks without bringing something exciting and fresh to our understanding. I happily acknowledge my own debt to him as a teacher, colleague and friend, and I’m delighted that his ministry is reaching more and more people.” - Dr Rowan Williams, + Archbishop of Canterbury

SIGN UP FOR THE FREE DOWNLOADS HERE


REACHING THE LOST THE BIBLICAL WAY - AS JESUS TAUGHT IT - WITH HEALING

ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR EFFORTS TO EVANGELISE OTHERS?

If not, why not do it the way Jesus did it and taught his followers? Please visit our page offering encouragement and training.


ADVENTURES IN HEALING AND THE GOSPEL IN THE UK  

Read this Christian blogger's HEALING ADVENTURES as he shares the Gospel with the poor and needy.


DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT GOD'S LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL?

"God's Unconditional Love" is a phrase that has crept into the church in recent years. But is it Biblical? You owe it to yourself and your flock to be clear on this question. Check out this webpage  


FREE VIDEO ILLUSTRATING THE MODERN CHURCH CONSUMER-LED CONGREGATION 

It's been said that the church is full of consumers. Ronnie proves it. This short film was created after listening to hundreds of pastors tell their stories. It seems that every church has a few "Ronnie's" attending – at least for a short while. GET THE FREE VIDEO HERE


EVANGELISM TRAINING AND RESOURCES

free bible training online

PROOF THAT GOD EXISTS is a great resource to which you can direct your atheist and agnostic friends.  

stand to reason logoSTAND TO REASON offers superb apologetics help and guidance in evangelism.  

CHRIST AMBASSADORS provide Evangelism Training and Discipleship for Christian Students aged between 16 and 25. Registration and resources are free.

Would you share the gospel if you got £50 a time? Youtube video - a challenge to our motives in evangelism.  

God's Rescue Plan Of Salvation a Gospel tract that is faithful to the biblical Gospel

GOD:NEW EVIDENCE is a new Apologetics site from the Scientific viewpoint

THE ATHEIST TEST shows atheists the foolishness of their position  

Testing Religious Truth Claims -  

CARM article on Refuting Relativism -

Signs and Wonders in Evangelism - the Down Side  

"No Excuses" Free zipped Powerpoint presentation to help train others in witnessing.

"Being A Light In A Dark World" Free zipped Powerpoint presentation to encourage sharing of the gospel.

"Last Words" Free zipped Powerpoint presentation to remind us of life and death.

FREE DRAMA SCRIPTS challenging Christians about EVANGELISM.

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? is an excellent free UK resource website. This will help you avoid a "man-centred" gospel. It focuses on the elements of the Biblical gospel message given out by Peter and Paul in the New Testament.   new

DISCOVER JESUS is an excellent interactive evangelistic website, based around a train journey.

A LETTER FROM HELL - a dramatic presentation (GODTUBE VIDEO) warning of the URGENT need to share the gospel with others.

FLASH TRAX SUPERB FREE short evangelistic flash movies to download, suitable for all.

EVANGECUBE video demonstration a resource in evangelism that can be used anywhere.   new
Download this as a zipped .WMV FILE(SIZE 15 MEGABYTES)
Download this as a zipped Powerpoint presentation (English and Spanish versions)

"ARE YOU READY TO DIE FOR JESUS" a dramatic short (6 minute) video that will CHALLENGE EVERY CHRISTIAN!

ONLINE HANDBOOK OF PERSONAL EVANGELISM evangelism help and advice from Dr A Ray Stanford.   new

GOSPEL RECORDINGS Gospel Recordings website offers gospel messages telling the story of JESUS in 5,706 languages.   new

Free DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO by John Piper on the Gospel(6 minutes) - can be downloaded and played via Google Video Player on a PC. This would be helpful for a Christian going through a time of trial. 

Free DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO by Ray Comfort on how to evangelise the lost (28 minutes) - can be downloaded and played via Google Video Player on a PC.

EVANGELISM TOOLS LIBRARY offers Powerpoints, Videos and training articles

INTERNET EVANGELISM DAY 28 APRIL 2008 Gospelcom resources site   new

OUTREACH TO MUSLIMS  

WHO IS Isa Al Masih? outreach site to MUSLIMS with many resources and links.

GODTUBE video of Ergan Caner sharing on witnessing to Muslims.

E-Sword Online Bible in Arabic for Muslims

Steven Masood's online book "Why Follow Jesus?" explains about Jesus for Muslims.

Christians Answer Muslims - a study of some of the Muslim objections and answers to some key objections raised by Muslim friends.

Discussion Topics for dialogue with Muslims.

More links on Muslim resources.

"Answering Islam" offers resources for Christians.

alpha logoALPHA COURSE

This page links to all the talk to watch online or download the audio versions:
ALPHA SESSIONS ONLINE

ALPHA PROMOTION MOVIES  

DOWNLOAD the ALPHA VIRAL adverts to promote your ALPHA course.  



MINSTRY TO CHILDREN  

ministry to children logo plus Children's Church lessons and all sorts of other wonderful FREE resources are available at MINISTRY-TO-CHILDREN.COM .

HOW CAN I LEAD MY CHILD TO CHRIST? short Lee Strobel video (3 minutes).

THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH CHILDREN short David Staal video (4 minutes).

www.newchristian.org.uk Help Page to assist you in sharing the Gospel with your children.


LEGAL WORSHIP AND PRAISE DOWNLOADS TO YOUR COMPUTER

The free version of SPOTIFY allows you to legally download Christian CD tracks completely free. There is a small amount of advertising on the free version, but this will not affect your appreciation of this great free resource. It works like a streaming Juke Box from which you can choose tracks and create your own playlists. Participating artists receive payment by way of recompense.


POWERFUL OUTREACH VIDEO  

"A MAN FELL INTO A HOLE"   is a short 3 minute video that emphasises the uniqueness of Jesus.


BIBLE RESOURCES  

BIBLE READING FELLOWSHIP offers "Foundations 21" - a free discipleship course for new and growing Christians as a gift to the Church check it out  

LIST OF COMMANDS CONTAINED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT read it

BIBLE IN MANY LANGUAGES go there

SEARCHABLE BIBLE IN 10 LANGUAGES go there

E-SWORD IS A SUPERB FREE BIBLE RESOURCE FOR YOUR COMPUTER get it

FREE BIBLES AND CLASSIC TEXTS FOR YOUR PDA/PHONE check them out


LISTEN TO SERMONS INDEXED BY SCRIPTURE

SERMONINDEX offer a searchable index of over 17,000 sermons BY SCRIPTURE check it out


10 EASY WAYS TO KEEP ME FROM VISITING YOUR CHURCH - BECAUSE I VISITED YOUR WEBSITE 

  • 1. Avoid telling me what’s going to happen at your church this weekend. I found churches that had weather reports but nothing about their upcoming weekend service. I found two churches that had prominent information about upcoming golf scrambles (which I appreciated as a golfer), but nothing about this weekend’s service. Why would I come if I don’t know what I’m going to experience?
  • 2. Put a picture of your building on the main page. After all, ministry is all about the buildings.
  • 3. Use lots of purple and pink and add pictures of flowers. Really. Are you expecting any men to show up? And, for my benefit, please don’t put any doves on your website. Doves scare me.
  • 4. Make me click a "skip intro" or "enter site" link. I don’t have time for that and it’s very annoying. If I have to wait for something to load or have to click around intro pages to get to the real information, I’m probably going to skip your church service.
  • 5. Add as many pictures and graphics as you can to the main page. My life is already complicated. I don’t have time to figure out what’s important at your church. If you dump everything on the main page, I’m assuming you don’t know what’s important either.
  • 6. Use amateur photography. And, for the record, it would be helpful to have at least one normal looking person on your site. Do us all a favor and hire a graphic designer, a professional photographer or purchase some stock photography.
  • 7. List every single ministry you have at your church. Frankly, I don’t care what ministries you have. I just want to know whether or not I should visit your church this weekend. My first step isn’t the men’s Bible study or joining your church’s prayer partners ministry.
  • 8. Make it as difficult as possible for me to get directions, services times, or find information about what will happen with my kids. It’s important that my kids have a great experience. If you can’t convince me that that will happen, I’m probably not going to risk visiting your service.
  • 9. Put a picture of your pastor with his wife on the main page. That tells me it’s all about a personality, and I see enough of those people on television. I actually found one church that had not one but two pictures of the senior pastor on the main page. He was looking mighty dapper, though, in his fancy suit.
  • 10. Try to sell your church rather than telling me how I will benefit from the experience. I don’t care how great your church is. I just want to know if visiting your church will help me and my unchurched friends take our next steps toward Christ.

Finally, some evangelistic one-liners to draw people in: from Grantley Morris and from others.  


USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO CREATE SOCIAL IMPACT  

"Social by Social" is a practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact
256 pages
ISBN 978-1-906496-41-8
Available as a paperback, to read online, or as a free PDF download here

It’s just been published by UK’s NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), and is written specifically for the public and non-profit sectors. Essentially it is a valuable practical guide to using Web 2.0 concepts and social networking to communicate effectively. The publishers say: “Social by Social is a practical guide to using new technologies to create social impact. It makes accessible the tools you need to engage a community, offer services, scale up activities and sustain projects. Whoever you are, it shows you how to take technology and turn it into real world benefits.”


CREATIVE CHRISTIAN AUDIO  

"If you're looking for creative christian audio then www.audiopot.org is the place to be. Audiopot contains thousands of audio files, each one created with one purpose - to get people thinking about the big questions of life.

Audiopot is easy to search and perfect for illustrating talks, starting discussions in the classroom or playing on the radio. You wont find any sermons or Bible studies on Audiopot, but you will find creative thoughts, interviews and features from some of the finest Christian producers in the UK. Best of all, Audiopot files are FREE to download.


THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP  

TWO SHORT VIDEOS ILLUSTRATE THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP FOR DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST


95 THESES TO THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH  

Greg Gordon of Sermonindex has recently written 95 THESES to the Evangelical Church - read them here


THE CREDIT CRUNCH AND FINANCIAL DOWNTURN

In December 2008, 80 leaders from churches, politics and business, who are concerned about the state of our nation met in the House of Lords to seek what God is saying to us today about our nation. Those present agreed that:

    * The current financial situation is primarily the result of the pursuit of moral choices and values that do not accord with the word of God
    * God is calling all churches in Britain to repentance and a season of prayer and fasting for the nation
    * The Christian church should reach out to those who are already suffering as a result of the present financial crisis
The United Kingdom, once a missionary powerhouse of the world, is now morally and spiritually bankrupt and our children are left without security, stability or hope. We believe, however, that it is still possible for this nation to be turned around if we turn to God in repentance trusting in His mercy.

"SHAKING THE FOUNDATIONS" issued Christmas 2008 by Rev Dr Clifford Hill - a sociological and Biblical perspective

"THE STATE OF THE NATION" Issued January 2009 by Rev Dr Clifford Hill

FIVE KEYS TO SURVIVING THE CRISIS by Andrew Strom


RADICAL BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY  

Reverend Dr David Pennant has written several short books challenging the nature and role of the Christian Church.
You may not agree with everything he says, but you will be challenged to re-think what we do and why we do it!
See this page and this one


CHURCH SURVEY REPORT - UK and IRELAND (2008 REVISION)

This is a unique summary of 14,000 responses which came from people across the British Isles and clearly highlights why Christianity is declining in the UK. It also identifies how churches can once again reconnect with people. Made available by www.churchsurvey.co.uk, you can download the 51 page pdf file here (3 MB filesize)


HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AN IDOL?

When we read about idols in the Old Testament, we tend to think of ancient people bowing down to carved wooden statues. How silly. How foolish. But most of us are just sophisticated idolaters. And it's no less silly or foolish. I'm convinced that idolatry is our root spiritual problem. Maybe that's why it's the first commandment of ten?

In the beginning, God created us in His image. We've been creating Him in our image ever since. Instead of worshiping the Creator, we settle for something less. We find a substitute god, small g. And here's the tricky thing. Most idols are good things, but those good things become bad things because they take the place of God. Instead of being the Ultimate End, God become a means to an end. We want something more than we want God. And we try to use God to get it.

So how do you identify an idol? Here are four idol identifiers:

1) What consumes your thoughts? Your daydreams are idol clues. If it's something you think about more than God then it may be an idol.

2) What bad habits do you struggle with? Your addictions are idol clues. An idol is something you cannot control. It controls you.

3) What do you spend too much money on? Your spending habits are idol clues. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also!

4) What produces your strongest emotions? Your intense emotions are idol clues. If you want to identify an idol, all you have to do is identify your emotional attachments.

Identifying an idol takes a tremendous amount of soul searching. And you have to be brutally honest. But you cannot tear it down until you name it. If you're serious, I highly recommend Tim Keller's book Counterfeit Gods.


HOLINESS - THE MISSING ELEMENT IN TODAY'S CONVERSATIONS

HOLINESS - "...without which no-one will see the Lord". Not a Holiness movement, but a balanced return to our calling. Immerse yourself here  


47 EVIDENCES FOR DESIGN IN THE UNIVERSE

A comprehensive table produced by Hugh Ross PhD (Astronomy) go there


PROPHETIC WORDS  

**WORD FOR BRITAIN IN THE MIDST OF DISASTER (Nov 2008) - REV DR CLIFFORD HILL**  

**THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION (Dec 2008) - DAVID WILKERSON** a word to encourage you to stand  

**PROPHETIC WORD - "TO THE CHURCH AND NATION OF BRITAIN"** received by Stuart Dool, Director of "Intercessors for Britain" in July 2007**  

**PROPHETIC WORD - "I AM CALLING MY CHURCH TO BE AN ARMY OF LOVE"** received 24th February 2008  

**PROPHETIC WORD - "PREPARE!"** received 26th October 2008  

This website rarely gives prominence to prophetic words. We make an exception in these cases. One is from the Director of Intercessors For Britain. As to the two others, Lizzie Manley is personally known to us and we urge you to take these words seriously.


FREE CLASSIC BOOKS ONLINE IN PDF FORMAT TO DOWNLOAD

Choose from 9 books to download and read at your leisure  


SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT FOR TODAY AND THE AVOIDANCE OF DECEPTION

Many church members are seeking help with spiritual discernment in the light of many reports of exciting and strange happenings today, for example Toronto, Pensacola and, most recently, Lakeland where Todd Bentley was ministering before his fall from grace. We therefore offer these resources for Pastors and Church Elders:

"REVIVAL:YOU,HOWEVER,CONTINUE" - sound and excellent advice when "Lakeland type" events occur.

True and False Revival - free online 169 page book by Andrew Strom download here

Counterfeit Revival - article by Zac Poonen read it here

HOLINESS - the missing element in today's Christian conversations! Remedy it here  

The Need For Brokenness by Chip Brogden - is another antidote to current excesses!  

Angels, deception and Biblical truth by J Lee Grady - editor of Charisma magazine  

The Anatomy of Deception by Art Katz - free pdf download

Mixture in The Church - article by Peter Horrobin in the light of Lakeland

Are You Adjusting To The Darkness? - article by Pastor Troy Bohn

Prepared For Slaughter - The Disarming of The Church - 1998 article by John Green

Discernment Of False Prophets by Clay Sikes - 2005 article

ESCAPING THE THEOLOGY OF BABYLON by Carter Conlon of Times Square Church New York  

Protection from Deception by Derek Prince - navigating through the minefield of signs and wonders.

KUNDALINI spirit and "false anointings"

A British website calling for UK Christians to pray and preach for true revival as per 2 Chronicles 7:14

USA church that is "pro-Lakeland" circulates internal memo about major problems

Compare the fun and games of Lakeland with this holy prophetic word

An extract follows:

"When I visit My people in mighty revival power, it is to prepare them for the darkness ahead. With the Glory shall come great darkness, for the Glory is to prepare My people for the darkness. I will enable My people to go through the darkness because of the visitation of My Spirit. Take heed to yourselves lest you be puffed up and think that you have arrived. Many shall be puffed up as in the olden days, for then, many received My message but they did not continue in it. Did I anoint Jehu? Yet the things that I desired were not accomplished in his life. Listen to the messengers, but do not hold men’s persons in admiration or adulation. For many whom I shall anoint mightily with signs and miracles shall become lifted up and shall fall by the wayside. I do not this willingly for I have made provision that they might stand. I call many into this ministry and equip them, but remember that many shall fall. They shall be like bright lights and the people shall delight in them. But they shall be taken over by deceiving spirits and shall lead many of My people astray. Hearken diligently concerning these things, for in the last days shall come seducing spirits. They shall turn many of My anointed ones away, many shall fall through diverse lusts and because of ‘sin abounding."

Read the whole item here

DRUNK IN THE SPIRIT - A GOOD IDEA?

The Lakeland Pastor confesses on God TV he lied to a sweet old lady - and claims the Holy Spirit inspired him in a creative way!



REVIVAL IN THE UK

www.callprayer.org.uk CALL TO PRAYER.ORG.UK is the home of "THE INTERCEDERS" who are praying for REVIVAL in the UK.

The Welsh Revival - historical facts and today's news from Wales.


UK CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED FOR ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS

Old Age Pensioner visited by Police after Gay March comments



COFFEE WITH JESUS - is this your prayer life? (short video clip)  



SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN WORSHIP BAND

EP cover THRONE ROOM are a great Scottish worship band. Listen to their EP "This Crimson River" and also visit their site    

Throne Room are a worship band from the central belt of Scotland. They have just started getting bookings for gigs and have been getting involved in outreach. They believe that God has put in their hearts to play a part in the building of God's kingdom. They sing songs of hope, passion, and love and about having a personal relationship with the Saviour ,Jesus Christ. All from very different backgrounds and upbringings, they love to see souls saved! Your prayers are greatly appreciated as they fight the good fight of faith. They all love the Lord with all their hearts and want to see others start a close relationship with Him and to be reconciled in a relationship with the Father.

CHRISTIAN SINGER/SONGWRITERphoto of john wilson and link to his website

JOHN WILSON - in the opinion of New Christian UK, John is a talented and original Christian Singer/Songwriter. John has led worship in events across the UK including Keswick Ministries, NEXUS Scotland, YFC and New Christian Music, so is an experienced worship leader.

To listen to some sample songs on our site by John go to this page

To find out more visit the aliveministry website  



FEATURED SERMON FROM SERMONINDEX.NET

**MORE FEATURED SERMONS**

DAVID WILKERSON TIMES SQUARE CHURCH, NEW YORK - TWO POWERFUL SERMONS NOT TO BE MISSED

"WHEN GOD COMES DOWN" and "GETTING READY FOR THE END OF ALL THINGS"
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LAKELAND REVIVAL AND TODD BENTLEY 

Our regularly updated page (currently February 2010) on the fallout from the LAKELAND REVIVAL and TODD BENTLEY is here


ANCIENT DISCOVERIES 

Massive preserved ship located in 2006 at 13,000 feet altitude (Noah's Ark?) Watch 2006 Google Video here  

Ark Of The Covenenant made by Moses for 10 Commandments located in Ethiopia Watch 2007 Google Video here  


YOUTH RESOURCES

Comprehensive list of links to Youth Resources on Jon Jolly's site 


FOR TEENAGERS

101 SCIENTIFIC FACTS IN THE BIBLE - THIS WILL ENCOURAGE YOUR FAITH !  

WHO CREATED GOD? - listen to 8 minute audio mp3 here

PEACE WITH GOD - WATCH 4 minute VIDEO here  

WHAT IF WE TREATED OUR BIBLE LIKE OUR MOBILE PHONE? - WATCH 1 minute VIDEO here

WALKING BIBLE - FREE BIBLE RESOURCE WITH MUSIC. WalkingBible is a free service which helps you to memorize the bible by setting verses to music and pictures. Both an MP3 player and a PC version are available.  

HANDLING DOUBT - by Dr William Lane Craig 8 minute mp3 here  

WHAT SHOULD A YOUTH PASTOR SAY TO A YOUNGSTER CONTEMPLATING SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE - item by John Piper go there  

THE VISION is a powerful UK-produced movie, perfect for your teenagers ! It will give them a passion and vision for Christ. You can download a standalone version, suitable for playing offline and fullscreen.

PRAYER FOR YOUTH offer free SHORT MOVIE DOWNLOADS SUITABLE FOR TEENS.

YOUTUBE VIDEO re-telling the story of DAVID AND GOLIATH - hilarious and exceptionally well done. Ideal for Teenagers.

YOUTUBE ONLINE BIBLE RAP "Baby Got Rap" This will appeal to your TEENS - and it encourages them to READ THE BIBLE!

CHRISTIAN RAP - an excellent short Music Rap (Quicktime Movie format) "Life Is Meaningless" based on Ecclesiastes by UK Christian Rap Artist Baliva download zip file here (3.6MB)

ALSO

CHRISTAN RAP SONG "THE RESURRECTION" also by Baliva

Free Audio Downloads from Baliva

POWERFUL YOUTH SERMONS by 25 year old Youth Pastor Craig C Ireland
Young or old, these are the most powerful sermons you will hear this year!     e-mail him



CHRISTIAN PENPALS

Christian Friend Match  new.


GREAT QUOTES ON MANY TOPICS

GRACE QUOTES offers excellent quotes on many topics.




NEW CHURCHES

FREE RESOURCES to help with launching a new church.   new



RADICAL DISCIPLESHIP

UNDERTAKE A SPIRITUAL TUNE-UP - not for the faint-hearted! Pdf file download



RESOURCES - ONLINE E-BOOKS

MANY CLASSIC CHRISTIAN E-BOOKS FREE ONLINE TO DOWNLOAD GO HERE

EVEN MORE CHRISTIAN E-BOOKS FREE ONLINE TO DOWNLOAD GO HERE

JOHN PIPER FREE E-BOOKS ONLINE TO DOWNLOAD GO HERE

MONERGISM OFFER LOTS MORE ONLINE E-BOOKS TO READ AND DOWNLOAD GO HERE

The Bible Society has made available a free pdf download of "THE BIBLE STYLE GUIDE" - "This is a clear and concise introduction to the Bible, giving a fantastic overview of what the book contains - as well as being a guide to how it's been interpreted and translated. Practical as well as extremely stylish!" - Anna Cox, Series Producer, BBC Religion & Ethics". Packed with useful facts and figures, it includes handy overviews of issues that often hit the headlines, as well as terms that are often misunderstood.  


CHURCH MUSIC AND FREE WORSHIP RESOURCES

SMALL CHURCH MUSIC provide free downloads of 1260 public domain hymns. Video downloads also offered showing song words and appropriate images.

WORSHIP ARCHIVE offers songs, chords and lyrics to download free`.


RESOURCES - GENERAL

Steve Malz offers free downloadable DRAMA SCRIPTS based on Jewish festivals for Christian and Messianic fellowships go here. new

HOPE ANIMATION   offers FREE professional quality DVDs of NOAH'S ARK, PILGRIM'S PROGRESS and A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY. new

See also clips from some of the HOPE ANIMATION DVDs

REEL WORSHIP offers a superb free resource for short videos, video loops, photos and all sorts of MULTIMEDIA WORSHIP RESOURCES.new


Find more photos like this on ReelWorship

JOHNNY FLASH offers churches an excellent OPEN SOURCE range of MOVIE LOOPS, SERVICE COUNTDOWNS, AUDIO, AND IMAGES.new

CHURCH PODCASTING MADE EASY Podbean offers free podcasts with 100MB webspace and 5 Gigabyte monthly bandwidth.

EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS is the most complete collection of documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary. new

FAITH VISUALS offer free short Christian movies, free media clips and Powerpoint slides that can be customised for your use. The site includes helpful advice on using multimedia in worship.

THE POWER OF PRAYER AGAINST SATAN - some excellent quotes!  

ALISTER MCGRATH YouTube video "Atheist turned Christian" talking about Dawkins.

DA VINCI CODE - LIST OF ERRORS in the DA VINCI CODE.

HOW YOUR CHURCH CAN HELP MEMBERS AND NEIGHBOURS IN DEBT

Christian Acrostics - (pdf download) free bible based verses of the acrostic type

FREE PSALMS HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS offer free mp3 praise and worship song which you may legally download and burn to CD for free.   new

ChristianPhotos.net - Free High Resolution Photos for Christian Publications

WALLPAPER 4 GOD FREE Christian Wallpapers for your PC/Laptop

FAITH CARDS AND DIGITRACTS you can e-mail the Gospel to a friend many cards to choose from.

FREE DOWNLOADS from "The Good Book" website offering teaching notes, etc.

Get 25 FREE POWERPOINT Worship Backgrounds

6 Places To Find PHOTOS, VIDEOS and MUSIC for your church

GODTUBE - Christian version of YOUTUBE for online videos

How To Create Worship Background Graphics

Epilogue TV Christian Cartoons produced in the UK by Jason Ramasami - over 40 to choose from. Superb Christian cartoons targeted at a Christian audience.

CARTOON CHURCH - billed as "cartoons for churches, bloggers and everyone".

YOUTUBE VIDEOS by Ignitermedia.com - these are all excellent and thought-provoking. 

Download FREE FILMS from Trinity Broadcasting Network - many to choose from.

Free DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO by Dr William Lane Craig for college students on "Handling Doubt" - can be downloaded and played via Google Video Player on a PC

Free DOWNLOADABLE VIDEOS from the North American Mission Board - 9 to choose from.

ONLINE VIDEO "What Christians Believe" - a 59 minute talk by Peter Kreeft (Professor of Philosophy at Boston College) based on C S Lewis's "Mere Christianity". Quite an intellectual approach to Christianity.

myfishbytes.com - a UK site with FREE TEENAGE RESOURCES, games, Powerpoint, Christmas sketches, Small Group talks etc - A HUGE SITE with lots to offer. This site offers help with technical aspects of multimedia etc. Check out their sitemap here

Two new Flash Movies "Come To Me" and "Break Me - Remake Me" by Richard Lyall  - contact us here at New Christian UK for the .swf Flash files.

The "Hey!" best-selling Christian tract made into a Flash movie here   - contact us here at New Christian UK for the .swf Flash file.

Free downloads of Christian Clipart, Flash clips and games Christian Cliparts.net

CHRISTMAS MOVIE "It's All About The Cross" - a Christmas movie with a difference that tells of the Cross.

YOU TUBE Christian videos (27 in total) made available by Christianity Today. You can post these videos on your own Blog.

YOUTUBE VIDEO "The Commission" challenges us to respond to Jesus' "Great Commission"

PASTOR'S AUDIO TOOLBOX Help for Pastors in all areas of their role (studying, preaching, discipling, leading, praying, worship, pastoring.  

LEE STROBEL's site with many online videos, incuding an interview with Anthony Flew (formerly the UK's "chief atheist") who now concedes the existence of God.

FREE PLAYS to download Christmas, Easter, etc.  

IMAGEBANK UK FREE BACKGROUND IMAGES FOR CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP, ALT.WORSHIP, YOUTH EVENTS, EMERGING CHURCH

WORSHIPSONG offers FREE WORSHIP SONGS (non-copyrighted) - many with chords and lyrics  

Christian Flash Movies and Games collection on CD Cost is $10 US including post and packaging.

11 Flash movies - free download (also in French, German, Spanish and Russian).

Free downloadable Flash tracts excellent for witnessing. You can download, e-mail to a friend, or link to these from your own website.

Downloadable Flash and songs also downloadable music scores, plus PLAYS AND CHRISTMAS AND EASTER MUSICALS free to use.

Dozens of Christian Flash Movies to view and download.

"VERTICAL HOLD PRODUCTIONS" excellent Christian DVDs $15 each (ideal for youth groups, sermon illustrations, Bible study etc)

Thou Shalt Laugh (Christian Comedy Clips - US).

The 10 Most Redeeming Films Of 2006.

Hitchcock's Bible names Dictionary  

Free Online Bible Verse Image Generator - images can be posted on your blog or website

Free Christian Powerpoints for downloading - many related to Biblical Creation Science.

Heartlight Website Free Christian Powerpoints, e-cards and excellent photo graphics.

Watch the Jesus Movie online

FREE PUPPET resources - scripts, etc, all free NOT MULTIMEDIA, but excellent 100% free resources.

A Superb Online Prayer Resource: - NOT multimedia but definitely worth a look all the same!

CHRISTIANPHOTOS.NET offer free PHOTOS FOR CHURCHES.


CHURCH NEWSLETTERS AND WEBSITES  

FREE CHURCH NEWSLETTER Creator Tool - looks excellent, and simple too!

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE'S CHURCH WEBSITE ASSESSMENT TOOL - will help improve your church's website.  

A TALE OF TWO GOLF CLUBS illustrates two different approaches to church website design   new

How To Put Video On Your Church Website In 4 Easy Steps

EXCELLENT, FREE CARTOONS FOR YOUR NEWSLETTER and other pubs   new

USEFUL ITEMS AS QUOTES ideal for Parish Newsletters and Church Newsletters.   new

HELP OUT OF TOWN VISITORS FIND YOUR CHURCH.   new


COPING WITH ADVERSITY

(2) ONLINE Youtube Video talk by Nick Vujicic - born without arms and legs - talking about suffering and prayer.

(3)22 minute ONLINE Google Video testimony of Nick Vujicic - suicidal at age 8 - speaking on POTENTIAL, VISION and CHOICES.



Get random proverbs for your own website at this location


FREE CHRISTMAS RESOURCES

Mystery from Dan Stevers on Vimeo.

The Christmas Story from Dan Stevers on Vimeo.

THE BIBLE CHRISTMAS STORY ANIMATION - great little film for all the family! You can download free or embed in a web page.

INSPIKS offer a range of 20 free e-cards to send at Christmas   .

IAN BRITTON offers many free CHRISTMAS CAROL VIDEOS FOR DOWNLOAD - these are short movies with choirs (unseen) singing the carols, complete with onscreen words. These are LARGE files!   . See also his website REEL WORSHIP which offers many FREE VIDEO LOOPS for worship services.

SCRIPTURE GIFT MISSION (Now "Lifeworks") offer many free superb resources for Christmas 2008, including POWERPOINT Presentations, Christmas Assemblies, mp3 audio and Christmas screensavers for your PC.

YOUTUBE VIDEO "Christmas - It's About The Cross" explains how Christmas led to the Cross.

THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS gives the background to Christmas events and traditions through the centuries.

WORLD VISION MAKE A CHRISTMAS APPEAL WITH A TWIST to make you realise how fortunate you are.

HUGE online resource site for Christmas resource materials for all ages

EXCELLENT DVD CARTOON resource "It's A Boy" featuring CANNON and BALL, JOE PASQUALE and STEVEN BERKOFF. NOT FREE, but a superb resource at £8.99.

FAMILY WORSHIP RESOURCES - includes Christmas Video/DVD, free drama scripts and free Christmas song downloads.

HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS - plus other Christmas resources.

ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SONGS - mp3 format plus CHORD CHARTS TO DONWLOAD.

CHRISTMAS IN CYBERSPACE is a Christian website offering lots of Christmas resources for churches.

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE offers many Christmas resources and ideas.

BUY NOTHING CHRISTMAS offers resources (including posters) for the radical, alternative Christmas.

"HELP FOR CHRISTIANS" offers free Christmas cards to download and ideas for wording these, plus guidelines for spending and giving to others.

TEACHERHELP have hundreds of Christmas ideas for schools and churches.

APPLES4THETEACHER offer many free COLOURING PAGES, PLAYS and STORIES to download.

CHRISTIAN AID offer free downloadable resources.

THE CHILDREN'S CHAPEL provide a HUGE page of Christmas-themed resources on the birth of JESUS.

REVEREND FUN offers free CHRISTMAS-THEMED CARTOONS for download.

ACTS ONE have made available free Christmas drama scripts for download.

CHILDRENS MUSICALS - how to take the hassle out of directing a Children's musical.

THE THEOLOGY OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC looks at the theology behind the music.

CHRISTMAS DRAMA SCRIPTS - featuring Christmas story characters.

OPEN RESOURCES - offers free church resources of all types.

FREE CHRISTMAS GRAPHIC IMAGES - in the Public Domain.

FREE CHRISTMAS CLIPART - from ChristiansUnite.

MORE FREE CHRISTMAS CLIPART- from Glenvarna Christian Centre.

CHRISTMAS FLASH MOVIE - THE ARRIVAL


MOTHERS' DAY RESOURCES  new

"WHAT IS A MOTHER?" short FLASH movie can be veiwed and downloaded here

"THANK YOU MUM" song for Mother's Day with music and words go here

SERMONS ON MOTHERS' DAY from John Piper's website here

"She Loves God.com" has many links on MOTHERS DAY here

17 MOTHER'S DAY SCRIPTURE BIBLE VERSES here

MOTHER'S DAY OUTREACH IDEAS here


EASTER

Download short FLASH movies "MAN OF SORROWS", "HE LIVES" AND "EASTER REFLECTIONS" here

"Walk To The Cross" - free Christian Flash movie to download here

To view and download Risen2.zip Flash Movie go here

EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION - by Josh McDowell.

Pictorial representation of the Easter story here

VIDEO BELOW IS TITLED: "THE CROWD OR THE CROSS"

Scripture Gift Mission offer free Easter resources here for both PC and Mac

FAMILY WORSHIP RESOURCES offer free Easter SONGS and some free DRAMA SCRIPTS here

In the following video, Krish Kandiah and Peter May talk about how Jesus' resurrection from the dead gives us hope when considering what happens when we die.

EASTER pre-service 60 second countdown movie check it out here

Easter in Cyberspace here offer many free Easter resources

Free Christian Resources have lots to offer too


The Life of Jesus in LEGO BRICKS includes Easter - go there.


Free Flash e-Scriptures


Find more videos like this on ReelWorship


Find more videos like this on ReelWorship


PENTECOST

If you are looking for a short flash movie or free mp3 audio on the theme of Pentecost, see below:

A humorous sketch on the theme of Pentecost download here  

A short Flash movie clip illustrating the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost download here