Category Archives: Media Stuff

Virtual or Streamed Community – Is it Real Church?

  We are living in unprecedented times. The whole world is in lockdown fearful of the great pandemic. It is Easter, but Church gatherings have been suspended, to be replaced in many places by online expressions. I was in a … Continue reading

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The Creative Forerunner

If you resonate with the truth of the forerunner ministry and you do not have a strong gifting in preaching from a platform are you invalidated? The very simple and obvious answer is no, and the truth is, due to … Continue reading

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10 Rules of Social Media Etiquette

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed … Continue reading

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God Loves Uganda Review

By Jono Hall At the Sundance Film Festival this year a film premiered entitled God Loves Uganda. The showing of this film resulted in a universal demonization of the the Christian ministry of which I am a part, the International … Continue reading

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When Will We Give Up “Falling in Love?”

I was watching a movie last night (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen). It was typical Hollywood fare (albeit set in Britain and the Middle East). One scene struck me; the main male protagonist of the movie was shown to be … Continue reading

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Would Jesus Tweet?

Jesus spent 21 years as an adult. For three of those years he was a wonder-working Rabbi, that is one seventh of his adult life. For the other six sevenths we have very little information, but it seems likely he … Continue reading

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Thoughts on My Conversation with Peter Xu

Meeting Peter Xu last December in LA I spend a number of hours yesterday afternoon interviewing Brother Peter Xu. A leader in the Chinese House Church, who now lives in exile in the US. I was trying to sum up … Continue reading

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Messengers: Make Your Message Clear

I was teaching our Media Messenger class about effective messaging yesterday. One of the big points that I emphasize is the need for clarity in our writing to get the message across so that the video can be effective in … Continue reading

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Is Webstreaming Good for the Body of Christ?

I remember the conflicting feelings I had 12 years ago as I started to work for a Christian TV station. I remember the encouragement I got from seeing others in the worldwide Body of Christ built up with solid Christian … Continue reading

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NPR, IHOP, NAR and those Seven Mountains.

This afternoon NPR’s Fresh Air devoted their program to investigating a new religious movement in the USA called the New Apostolic Reformation or NAR for short. It was portrayed as a deviant form of Evangelical Christianity, it was actually called … Continue reading

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