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January 2022

January 07, 2022
Over the past few months, I’ve been fascinated, excited and occasionally dismayed by the ongoing...

December 2021

December 30, 2021
Why don’t New Year’s Resolutions work? Why is screwing up our eyes and saying ‘this...
December 24, 2021
The mystery of incarnation never gets old for me. When I read Luke’s account, I...
December 21, 2021
This much-quoted Biblical phrase, from Proverbs 9:10, is often stated to imply that the fear...
December 17, 2021
In the final instalment of this series, I want to share the most important truths...
December 14, 2021
In the church of my youth, there was only one way of viewing what happened...
December 10, 2021
In the first part of this series, I argued that de/reconstruction is a necessary reaction...
December 07, 2021
In the first instalment of this series, I looked at the necessity of deconstruction. The...
December 02, 2021
Many of my posts challenge the assumptions of Evangelicalism, but in this series, I’ll be...

November 2021

November 26, 2021
I was brought up in the faith, and as a very young boy, used to...
November 25, 2021
A personal reflection: I often write about the church of my upbringing, highlighting the messages...
November 23, 2021
In the church of my upbringing, it was commonly understood that if we prayed for...
November 19, 2021
In this, final instalment of the series, I’ll be looking at the fifth point of...
November 15, 2021
In this instalment, I’ll be looking at the fourth point of Calvinism – Irresistible Grace....
November 11, 2021
In the first post in this series, I established a baseline argument – that Calvinism...
November 09, 2021
In part one, I established a baseline argument – that Calvinism is fundamentally harmful in...
November 06, 2021
At the age of nineteen I was keenly aware that my spirituality lacked vitality. I...
November 02, 2021
It’s easy to sneer at those who’ve reached opposite conclusions to the ones we hold...

October 2021

October 29, 2021
Opinion piece: Among Christian circles, there’s a lot of noise made about Halloween. Supposedly it’s...
October 27, 2021
In my last piece, I touched on this wonderful passage from Zephaniah, which speaks of...
October 24, 2021
Knowing the nature of God is at the heart of a meaningful walk of faith....
October 21, 2021
I love Psalm 23, and often draw strength from it. After recent discursive posts, I...
October 17, 2021
Many of us have watched on, horrified, as sections of the church have given themselves...
October 13, 2021
My brothers and I never had a pet you could stroke, because of allergies in...
October 10, 2021
What do you think of when you hear the word humility? What does it look...
October 06, 2021
"Our Most Important Relationship Is Not With God" was stated to me by a wonderful, spiritual...
October 01, 2021
How good is your Good News? It is wonderful, is it not, to join together...

September 2021

September 28, 2021
There is a time for waiting, even in areas of personal change we know need...
September 25, 2021
Those who’ve read my other posts will know I often write about the need for...
September 23, 2021
Ever read that poem, footsteps in this sand? I’ll post it here, just in case:...
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