Today our churches are emptying at an alarming rate. People are falling away from the christian faith in their droves. According to the spectator magazine: "Every ten years the census spells out the situation in detail: between 2001 and 2011 the number of Christians born in Britain fell by 5.3 million — about 10,000 a week. If that rate of decline continues, the mission of St Augustine to the English, together with that of the Irish saints to the Scots, will come to an end

As believers, it is our job to express God to the world. The more time we spend with Him, the more we begin to speak like him and act like him. The Holy Spirit, teaches us to be more like Jesus. Jesus was counter-cultural and the things he said and did raised more than a few eyebrows. Lets just have a quick look at a few examples from scripture: Jesus goes to a funeral, but instead of mourning, he raises the child and give it back to the mother; Not a normal response Taxes

Ex 31 See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the s