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May 2023

May 19, 2023
Isaiah 55 is a particularly beautiful and oft-quoted passage, but is its message well understood?...
May 14, 2023
Lacklustre spiritual lives are the result of confusing theology – if believers know that God...
May 06, 2023
I’m a Brit, which means I’m currently drowning in a sea of hype about King...
May 04, 2023
A recent, comprehensive survey by Skylight and City Square Associates sought to take a measure...

April 2023

April 29, 2023
Some of the most breath-taking places in the world are places of transition – where...
April 20, 2023
Christian Nationalism is an attempt to spread Christian values through legislation and force, thereby expanding...
April 18, 2023
Years of writing in discursive forums has given me a sensitive nose for impending excrement....
April 10, 2023
I love the account of the conversation between Jesus and two disciples on the road...
April 08, 2023
In the church of my youth, there was a commonly shared assumption that if any...
April 06, 2023
I’m not a lover of tradition. The school I attended in my youth was all...

March 2023

March 18, 2023
Inclusion is a high bar, asking each of us to accept a degree of discomfort...
March 12, 2023
It’s all too easy to confuse covenants, mixing Law with grace – so much so...
March 08, 2023
In early 1997 I was staying in Cebu City, Philippines, serving as a missionary. Cebu...

February 2023

February 28, 2023
Last time, I looked at what the Bible says it means to be in Christ...
February 26, 2023
Being ‘in Christ’ is one of those doctrines denominational groups interpret in different ways. It...
February 20, 2023
God is good, all the time, but human beings have an unerring tendency to mess...
February 18, 2023
It is tempting to reframe the Asbury Revival in ways that are palatable to one’s...
February 13, 2023
Worship is both a private and communal practice. We are all led individually when communing...
February 07, 2023
Putting aside the back and forth of the contemporary worship discussion for a moment, I...

January 2023

January 29, 2023
In my last blog, titled The Importance of Emotion In Worship, I challenged the slew...
January 14, 2023
A regular talking point in both Progressive and Evangelical circles is criticism of performed, emotionally...
January 08, 2023
  I love sacred poetry, and particularly Persian writings from the Middle Ages. There’s one...
January 04, 2023
I’ve been meditating on the words of Jesus in John chapter 10 today, marvelling at...

December 2022

December 17, 2022
There are several moments in the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, that bring...
December 10, 2022
It is commonly believed that the Religious Right emerged as an outraged response to the...

November 2022

November 15, 2022
One of the Lord’s most consistent, heartfelt commands to the Israelites was that they love...
November 13, 2022
How do we determine our worth? The world has an ugly method, describing a person’s...
November 03, 2022
There are always people willing to tell you not to dream. Many of these people...

October 2022

October 23, 2022
The Global Faith and Media Study by Harris X highlights an important but difficult dilemma....

September 2022

September 14, 2022
Two recent experiences have made me realise that we are not subject to the whims...
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