Category: Nicky Gumbel

  • Attitude to money

    As Billy Graham put it, ‘If a person gets their attitude towards money straight, it will help straighten out almost […]

  • Compartmentalised life

    James Cameron, producer of the movie Titanic, says, ‘The Titanic is a metaphor of life. We are all on the […]

  • Self

    A person wrapped up in themselves makes a very small package Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click […]

  • Aim for perfection

    ‘Aim for perfection’ (2 Corinthians 13:11), writes the apostle Paul. This is very different from ‘perfectionism’. Perfectionism is ‘a personality […]

  • How you respond to criticism

    How you respond to criticism is another test. Jesus said, ‘For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking […]

  • God forgives

    We have a tendency to take forgiveness for granted. The poet Heinrich Heine once said, ‘Dieu me pardonnera. C’est son […]

  • Source of power

    What was the source of his power? ‘At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place’ (4:42). ‘Jesus often withdrew […]

  • Anointed Christians

    Theophilus of Antioch wrote, ‘We are called Christians (christianoi) because we have been anointed (chrisometha) with the oil of God.’ […]

  • Complaining keeps you captive

    Complaining keeps you captive, whilst remembering God’s faithfulness sets you free. Praise, thanksgiving and worship are the antidote to complaining […]

  • Wisdom and knowledge

    Knowledge is horizontal. Wisdom is vertical. It comes down from above. It is far more important to grow in wisdom […]