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November 2022

November 03, 2022

Break free from self-imposed limitations

There are always people willing to tell you not to dream. Many of these people...

October 2022

October 23, 2022

Should the media cover faith?

The Global Faith and Media Study by Harris X highlights an important but difficult dilemma....

September 2022

September 14, 2022

Building Better Communities

Two recent experiences have made me realise that we are not subject to the whims...

September 02, 2022

Entering the Promised Land

Much has been made of the metaphor of the Israelites’ journey from Egypt to Canaan,...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

Your circumstances are not guidance

How do you know if your circumstances are from God? The church of my youth...

August 19, 2022

The Basis of Respect

The word ‘respect’ summons an array of potential meanings, the most obvious of which might...

August 09, 2022

The River of Life

Heaven and Earth are connected, and that connection is the Holy Spirit flowing from paradise...

July 2022

July 25, 2022

Rethinking Glory

Glory is a commonly used word, peppering worship songs, hymns, prayers, and colloquial Christian speech,...

July 23, 2022

In Due Season

God’s blessings flow to us in an organic way. There is seed time (when we...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

Progressive or Evangelical?

Over the past year or so I’ve been writing for Patheos, several people have told...

June 19, 2022

Apologetics for The Status Quo

Theology serves a crucial purpose. It steers us back time and again to the heart...

June 14, 2022

Those Wounds Yet Visible Above

I've often taken comfort from the idea that Jesus' resurrection body still bears the scars...

June 07, 2022

The Lord Tests the Heart

I’ve been dwelling on this verse in Proverbs 17: ‘The crucible for silver and...

June 03, 2022

What is Lacking in Christ’s Suffering?

I very much believe that through the sacrifice of Jesus we are given everything we’ll...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

What does the Bible say about abortion?

I generally avoid this topic, especially since the SCOTUS leak about the overturning of Roe...

May 27, 2022

The Problem of Persecution

Christians have a weird relationship with persecution, often speaking and acting as if it only...

May 21, 2022

Lean Hard Into That Rudder

I’ve always found James’ teaching on taming the tongue exciting and bewildering in equal measure....

May 12, 2022

Is Tithing a Christian Concept?

The Old Testament is very clear on tithing – give the whole 10% and you’ll...

May 01, 2022

Why Believe?

At the age of twenty I had a decision to make. I’d reached the end...

April 2022

April 23, 2022

Is God in Control?

I often hear it said that ‘God is in control’ as a kind of self-soothing...

April 17, 2022

What Jesus wanted his disciples (and us) to know – Part 2

Last time we established that as the disciple closest to Jesus, John wrote about him...

April 15, 2022

What Jesus wanted his disciples (and us) to know

Of the four Gospels in the New testament, I have a particular fondness for the...

April 09, 2022

Faith Teaching – Pitfall or Paradise?

At the age of 21 I was first exposed to faith teaching, and boy did...

April 06, 2022

The Choices That Steer Your Life

Someone I respect once said: ‘If you want to know which direction your life...

March 2022

March 22, 2022

How Do You Judge God?

The most important judgement any of us will ever make is about the intentions of...

March 18, 2022

The Sin of Self-Judgement

In the first article of this series on judgement, I established several foundational ideas: ...

March 08, 2022

Rethinking Judgement

The Bible warns us about indulging in judgement, but why would that be? In my...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Should Christians Be Pacifists?

My granddad was a ‘conscientious objector’ in WW2, meaning he refused to be conscripted for...

February 12, 2022

Sex and Marriage

Guilt and more guilt I was brought up with a model that will be...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

Why I’m (Almost) a Universalist

Universalism is often cast aside without consideration in the Evangelical movement, rejected as heretical...