I Hate Your Halloween Decorations

I really have a lot of sympathy with this one.

When you trick-or-treat, nod to Martin Luther

On the same topic, but coming from a totally different angle, this one looks at the Protestant contribution to Halloween.

Why Christians Don’t Have to Fear the Collapse

Darrell offers two key reasons why we really don’t have to fear the worst case being claimed by the doom mongers. His article applies not just to AI but to any apparent moment of future doom.

8 Ways to Help Your Kids Love the Church

‘Growing up, church was not merely a place we attended. It wasn’t seen as a burden or a duty; rather, it was a joy, effortlessly woven into our lives, not just on Sundays but throughout the week. Now, as a parent myself, I deeply desire to carry that forward. I want my children not only to attend church but to love it genuinely. I want them to see it as their family and to delight in gathering with God’s people.’ This one shares 8 ways to help do that.

Talking to Muslim Friends About Jesus

‘With the number of Muslims in the UK projected to rise to 13 million in 30 years time, according to numbers from the Pew Research Centre, it’s vital that Christians think missionally, evangelistically, and apologetically about Islam. We don’t always do this well. On the one hand, the reaction of many Christians when they think about Islam is one of fear. Fear of extremism, fear in the face of another religion that is evangelistically active and confident, fear of how different Muslims often seem. But then on the other hand, I get equally worried by some parts of the church that think the way to deal with Islam is to ignore it, to turn our back on and say nothing to our Muslim neighbours about Jesus.’

Martin Luther in 5 Latin Phrases

I think this one is billed a bit pretentiously, but it offers a good introduction and summary to the life and work of Martin Luther.

From the archive: Are small groups overated, unaccountable and ineffective and should we bother with them?

‘When somebody posts something… lots of people start offering their hot takes on it. More often than not, it’s people piling in to defend their own practice (which is understandable). But the discussion so frequently defaults to, this is what we do and therefore it must be best – and here are all the reasons it definitely is! But I have been arguing for a long time on this blog for Christian freedom, which we are really loath to permit for others. We quickly create rules that we expect others to follow because we have decided whatever it is we do is best. And if what we do is best, minimally, why wouldn’t you want to do that? If we’ve decided it’s a valid outworking of a biblical principle, it very quickly becomes the outworking of a biblical principle in our mind, which is tantamount to a command of Christ, which in turn leads us to start binding the consciences of everyone else on the matter. I think small groups are one such thing.’