I am often unsure what to make of people, faced with teaching from scripture, want to encourage us to consider the “pastoral implications”. Whether it
Law
Why points based systems cannot work
There is a scene in The Good Place that outlines the absurdity of points-based legal systems so far as salvation is concerned. Here is a
A matter of ordinary faithfulness
Two days ago, I wrote that we should stop calling faithfulness sacrifice. You can read that post here. There have been a couple of bits
The solution to sin cannot be more sin, weightier matters and baptism
As a basic rule of thumb, I think this is right. The solution to a problem of sin should never be even more sin. If
There may be a logically consistent argument for unrestricted gun ownership, but this isn’t it
When yet another US school shooting happens – and it is pretty much always a US event – the arguments about guns inevitably come up