Was St Peter really crucified upside down?

This one not only addresses where the claim of Peter’s upside down crucifixion came from but also what we might learn from it.

Discipleship Does Not Equal Shepherding

I think this is a broadly helpful one. I don’t agree with everything in it, but I think it makes some very helpful points and distinctions.

What Is Modalism? The Most Common Mistake About the Trinity

You may never have heard the term ‘modalism’ but you have almost certainly heard somebody (probably accidentally) teach it. This one explains this ancient heresy and where it goes wrong concerning the trinity.

Why NOT To Build A Bigger Sanctuary

This is an excellent post offering 5 reasons why expanding or enlarging your meeting space might not be the best or right call when you have outgrown your existing building.

Did God Command Genocide in Deuteronomy 7?

Andrew Wilson offers his take on this controversial passage: ‘Christians, too, often struggle with the Old Testament passages where God commands Israel to destroy the nations. The most powerful criticisms of any belief are always the ones that believers fear might be true. The most significant of these passages, and the one on which most of the others are based, is Deuteronomy 7. “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations,” Moses begins, “then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy” (7:1, 2, all verses NIV). Yikes.’

Who Should Serve the Elements of the Lord’s Supper?

As a congregationalist who lands quite hard on the priesthood of all believers, I don’t agree with this one. However, it is another perspective on this question from a Presbyterian perspective.

From the archive: If there’s a lesson to learn: get in a church and make sure it has healthy polity

‘Let me say from the start, in what follows, I am not saying that the local church and proper polity will absolutely protect your church and its leaders from scandal. We all recognise that within the local church pastors still fall. What is more, within local churches with outstanding polity, pastors sin in serious ways. I am not going to be arguing here that a right view of the local church and healthy, biblical polity, means there is zero risk for your church or your leader. However, what I am going to argue is that a right understanding of the local church and proper, biblical, healthy polity will go a long way to protecting your church and its leaders.’