Rob James

• We cannot eliminate every risk in life

  Life will always be full of risk

• Religion still matters to kids

  You can take children out of the church but you can’t take the God-shaped hole out of a child

• Wales enjoys a wonderful Christian heritage but does it have much of a future?

  There is clearly still a lot of work to be done, not least in clearing away the rubble of our religious heritage

• Christians do not need a privileged space

  The only power we require is the power of the Holy Spirit

• We know God can heal, but what's the best way to tell the world?

  We must never exaggerate, nor promise more than we can

• Confidence is the key to sharing what we believe

  God is able to do the most incredible things, even through ordinary people like us

• Welfare and work

  We do no one any favours when we let them think we can live without any regard to the financial consequences

• Should we really be suing the church?

  I simply cannot understand how any senior clergyman can even contemplate, let alone justify, taking the church to court

• Needed: a new generation of missional leaders

  We often think that the gospel it is about how God serves and meets our needs rather than about God and what He is doing in the world

• Mission on the margins

  When the church takes its calling seriously the most amazing things can happen

• We need not fear the future

  If there ever was a moment for sharing our good news it’s now

• Are some people lazy or just hard up?

  We must never forget the needs of those who have been driven, or have even recklessly fallen into debt and poverty