{"id":216,"date":"2016-05-08T16:08:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T16:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2016-08-27T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T09:24:51","slug":"our-motivation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/index.php\/our-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"About us &#8211; our motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/index.php\/about-us-our-mission\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.8em;\"><b>Our Mission<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/index.php\/our-situation\/#main\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.8em;\"><b>Our Situation<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1.8em;\"><b>OUR MOTIVATION<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/index.php\/about-us-our-history\/#main\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.8em;\"><b>Our History<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-218 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bibles-300x168.png\" alt=\"Bibles\" width=\"359\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bibles-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bibles-200x112.png 200w, http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bibles-100x56.png 100w, http:\/\/churchestogetherinstamford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bibles.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We want to share God\u2019s love because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We experience it and it is the best thing in our lives.<\/li>\n<li>We have seen it transform the lives of others.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus tells us to in the Bible*.<\/li>\n<li>It just keeps overflowing anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do not know God\u2019s love, but are interested in the arguments about whether He exists (known as \u201capologetics\u201d) we recommend two links:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethinking.org\/author\/chris-knight\/page\/all\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Knight<\/a>, who attends church in Stamford.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.alpha.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alpha<\/a>, which has some very professional videos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more about Jesus, a couple of links:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark+1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">The Bible<\/a>.\u00a0 You might like to start with Mark\u2019s gospel, a short read.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rejesus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">ReJesus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>*John 20v21: Jesus said, \u201cPeace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.\u201d<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our Situation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OUR MOTIVATION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our History We want to share God\u2019s love because: We experience it and it is the best thing in our lives. We have seen it transform the lives of others. Jesus tells us to in the Bible*. It just keeps overflowing anyway. 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