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February 2024

February 15, 2024

Spiritual Discipline is Still Important

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

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Be Glorified in 2024!

It is strange to think of ‘giving glory’ to God, when all glory is his...

May 2023

May 28, 2023

The Oneness Flowing From Pentecost

One of Jesus’ most treasured ambitions was to see true oneness among believers. John 17:21...

April 2023

April 29, 2023

A Permanent State of Transition

Some of the most breath-taking places in the world are places of transition – where...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Rethinking Being in Christ – Continue to Seek the Lord

Last time, I looked at what the Bible says it means to be in Christ...

February 26, 2023

Rethinking Being in Christ

Being ‘in Christ’ is one of those doctrines denominational groups interpret in different ways. It...

February 07, 2023

A Racist Element in the Contemporary Worship Debate?

Putting aside the back and forth of the contemporary worship discussion for a moment, I...

January 2023

January 14, 2023

The Importance of Emotion in Worship

A regular talking point in both Progressive and Evangelical circles is criticism of performed, emotionally...

January 04, 2023

The Good Shepherd

I’ve been meditating on the words of Jesus in John chapter 10 today, marvelling at...

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...

September 2022

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 09, 2022

The River of Life

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

July 2022

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 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...

May 2022

May 21, 2022

Lean Hard Into That Rudder

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

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 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...

January 2022

January 11, 2022

Does the Devil Exist?

It seems like everything is being put to the question these days. It is tempting...

January 07, 2022

Dig Your Own Well

Over the past few months, I’ve been fascinated, excited and occasionally dismayed by the ongoing...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

Making Resolutions That Work

Why don’t New Year’s Resolutions work? Why is screwing up our eyes and saying ‘this...

November 2021

November 23, 2021

The Prayer God Can’t Answer

In the church of my upbringing, it was commonly understood that if we prayed for...

October 2021

October 13, 2021

The Prayer of Faith

My brothers and I never had a pet you could stroke, because of allergies in...

October 10, 2021

Rethinking Humility

What do you think of when you hear the word humility? What does it look...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

Is It Time to Change?

There is a time for waiting, even in areas of personal change we know need...

September 25, 2021

The Emotional Abundance of God

Those who’ve read my other posts will know I often write about the need for...