Utumishi Blog

From the recent Raising the Bar at St Benedict’s, Tigoni, a few personal highlights and then a few photos…

• Loved the fellowship, the singing, conversations, extreme Uno playing.
• Loved hearing the testimonies and wisdom of older, wiser pastors.
• Loved Zephaniah.
• Loved Philip’s overview of Acts:
  • it was not the strategy and initiative of the apostles that moved them from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria to the ends of the earth; at every juncture it was God who moved them on and out even despite themselves
  • things change all the way through Acts; even the classic summary at Acts 2:42-47 is not definitive because a couple of chapters later it’s a different picture
  • Luke doesn’t just tell us that Peter or Paul preached in such a place and this many people believed, he records what they preached; there is an emphasis on content
  • apostleship is defined in Acts 1:21-22 and Paul is the exception that proves the rule; he’s ‘untimely born’