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August 2024

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...

April 2024

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...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

Christ is Risen

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

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 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...

January 2024

January 14, 2024

The Book of Job – A Rod to Beat Ourselves Up With

The purpose of this article is to expose the devastating harm in the common, Evangelical...

January 05, 2024

God’s Favourite Track on His Favourite Album

I don’t usually write about personal times of prayer but want to share an experience...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Be Glorified in 2024!

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

December 26, 2023

Father forgive them, they know not what they do – Part 2

In the first part of this series, we explored Jesus’ perfect unity with the Father...

December 13, 2023

Father Forgive Them – They Know Not What They Do

What do you understand of Jesus’ plea to the Father, during his crucifixion? Was it...

August 2023

August 18, 2023

The Dangers of Applying A Narrative

Several years ago, I met a chap called Mick at a small group meeting....

April 2023

April 08, 2023

Among the Scoffers?

In the church of my youth, there was a commonly shared assumption that if any...

March 2023

March 12, 2023

Which Mountain Do You Stand Upon?

It’s all too easy to confuse covenants, mixing Law with grace – so much so...

January 2023

January 08, 2023

If God Invited You to a Party

I love sacred poetry, and particularly Persian writings from the Middle Ages. There’s one...

January 04, 2023

The Good Shepherd

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

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 09, 2022

The River of Life

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

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...

May 2022

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...

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...

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...