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January 2022

January 23, 2022

The Connectedness of All Things

Have you ever noticed that Christianity can sometimes feel like a bit of an indoor...

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...

December 24, 2021

Incarnation

The mystery of incarnation never gets old for me. When I read Luke’s account, I...

December 21, 2021

The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom

This much-quoted Biblical phrase, from Proverbs 9:10, is often stated to imply that the fear...

December 17, 2021

Understanding Progressive Christianity, Part 5 – Navigating Deconstruction

In the final instalment of this series, I want to share the most important truths...

December 14, 2021

Understanding Progressive Christianity, Part 4 – The Cross

In the church of my youth, there was only one way of viewing what happened...

December 02, 2021

Understanding Progressive Christianity, Part 1 – The Necessity of Deconstruction

Many of my posts challenge the assumptions of Evangelicalism, but in this series, I’ll be...

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...

November 19, 2021

The Problem is Calvinism – Why This Matters

In this, final instalment of the series, I’ll be looking at the fifth point of...

November 15, 2021

The Problem is Calvinism – Part 4

In this instalment, I’ll be looking at the fourth point of Calvinism – Irresistible Grace....

November 11, 2021

The Problem is Calvinism – Part 3

In the first post in this series, I established a baseline argument – that Calvinism...

November 09, 2021

The Problem is Calvinism – Part 2

In part one, I established a baseline argument – that Calvinism is fundamentally harmful in...

November 06, 2021

The Problem is Calvinism – Part 1

At the age of nineteen I was keenly aware that my spirituality lacked vitality. I...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

Hold Me Closer Cosmic Dancer

In my last piece, I touched on this wonderful passage from Zephaniah, which speaks of...

October 24, 2021

The Rewarder

Knowing the nature of God is at the heart of a meaningful walk of faith....

October 21, 2021

Still Waters

I love Psalm 23, and often draw strength from it. After recent discursive posts, I...

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...

October 01, 2021

Is Grace Available After Death?

How good is your Good News? It is wonderful, is it not, to join together...

September 2021

September 25, 2021

The Emotional Abundance of God

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

September 23, 2021

The Lies That Imprison Us

Ever read that poem, footsteps in this sand? I’ll post it here, just in case:...

September 16, 2021

Rethinking Grace

What does it mean to receive the grace of God? What does grace provide? The...

September 09, 2021

The Most Important Thing

You might have heard it said that worship takes many forms – that cleaning the...

September 06, 2021

The Whisper of God

At the hardest point of my life, when my mind had been shattered by self-imposed...

September 04, 2021

Nullifying the Word of God

Jesus was pretty stern in his treatment of the pharisees. In contrast to...

August 2021

August 25, 2021

Every Breakthrough Creates Friction

The word breakthrough might conjure images of a dramatic moment, perhaps of a person...

August 23, 2021

When First I Knew

I was brought up in a strict, evangelical setting. To my eyes, at least,...

August 20, 2021

When God is Free to Move

Subtitle: In About an Hour Readers from my generation might remember a 1980s...

August 16, 2021

Would the Real Jehovah Please Stand Up? Part 4 – The Life of Jesus

In the first three instalments of Would The Real Jehovah Please Stand Up, we’ve...

August 11, 2021

Will the Real Jehovah Please Stand Up? Part 3

Hebrew Law. In parts one and two of this series, I’ve examined the...