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September 2026

September 21, 2026

How ‘Cultural Christianity’ Weaponizes Faith for Politics

The Rise of Cultural Christianity ‘Cultural Christianity’ is a warped expression of the Christian faith...

August 2026

August 24, 2026

Is It More Important To Be a Christian Or A Good Person?

To your average person, the answer to this question is simple - being a good...

September 2025

September 04, 2025

What is the Nature of Divine Judgement?

What do you believe the Day of Judgement will look like? I was brought up...

March 2025

March 25, 2025

The Biological Reality of Being Intersex

In the strictest biological terms, sex is dichotomous (a person is either male or female),...

February 2025

February 16, 2025

When Politics and Values Clash

There are few things more tribal than our political affiliations. Groupthink and confirmation bias thrive...

January 2025

January 25, 2025

Time to Fight or Make peace?

The recent US election has left many Progressive believers with a difficult choice. For most...

December 2024

December 21, 2024

I Still Believe in the Virgin Birth

As a Progressive Christian, I often perceive a pressure to ‘progress’ in all the ways...

November 2024

November 02, 2024

One Nation Under God?

In light of the upcoming election, there has been a heated debate around the topic...

October 2024

October 12, 2024

What Is Christian Mysticism?

Mysticism is often misunderstood but is in fact very simple, whatever faith a person follows...

October 05, 2024

Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater

Deconstruction is unavoidable for the thinking believer, but it can also be hazardous. As someone...

September 2024

September 07, 2024

What is ‘Original Sin’?

I recently asked friends on social media what they believe about ‘original sin’ and got...

August 2024

August 19, 2024

Learning the Art of Surrender

In military terms, surrender is failure – the vanquished power bowing to their vanquisher –...

August 10, 2024

What Does God Get Out of Worship?

Does God demand that we worship him? Is it a requirement for a believer? Wouldn't...

July 2024

July 28, 2024

Difficult Conversations Are Part of Healing

When someone hurts us, the most complete expression of mercy has at least two moving...

July 20, 2024

Is Jesus Truly God?

Among the progressive community, there are many who now believe that Jesus was just an...

June 2024

June 25, 2024

Who Gets to Sit on Jesus’ Right and Left?

Those of us who were brought up in church and later started thinking for ourselves...

June 15, 2024

Why are Christians Scared of inclusion?

In recent months, I’ve noticed that an increasing number of folk in the Evangelical community...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

What Should Christian Parenting Look Like?

If the Bible is read as a flat, literal text, it is a truly terrible...

May 13, 2024

Separation From God is an Illusion

As a child, I was taught that human beings are separated from God because of...

May 06, 2024

Bells, Smells, and Liturgy – A Backwards Step?

In the wake of scandals around large, informal churches and their worship juggernauts, there has...

April 2024

April 25, 2024

Releasing Ourselves From Ego

Over the course of our lives, we are exposed to damage that can result in...

April 21, 2024

Less of Me and More of You?

I often look back on popular worship songs and wince, seeing the harm inherent in...

April 09, 2024

Is Deconstruction Necessary For All Believers?

Deconstruction has become a major buzz word in Christian circles, whether progressive or conservative. For...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

Christ is Risen

After a day of horror and another of numbing shock, each of Jesus’ disciples was...

March 23, 2024

Is ‘Sin’ a List of Forbidden Activities?

Sin is such an emotionally laden term, associated with heaviness and accusation – the angry...

March 14, 2024

The Rich Man and Lazarus – Parable or Story?

In recent weeks, the Rich Man and Lazarus has become something of a ‘capture the...

February 2024

February 28, 2024

The Book of Job, Part 4 – Job’s Heart is Revealed

In the previous three instalments of this series, we established several key foundations: Job...

February 15, 2024

Spiritual Discipline is Still Important

A person who’s been burned by legalism is likely to associate any talk of discipline...

February 09, 2024

The Book of Job Part 3 – Job Calls God His Enemy

The common Evangelical interpretation of Job states that Job was a righteous man who refused...

February 03, 2024

Being Kind to Our Younger Selves

When I look back at some of the dumb stuff I’ve said and done in...