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
obedience
How do we live in light of eternity?
I have been thinking about death lately. Not least, with the death of my friend, who was living with terminal cancer for many years and
We had a baptism: here’s what we were actually doing
We had the joy of baptising an Iranian man into church membership on Sunday. What a privilege it is to be involved in God’s work
Submission does not mean celebration
John Stevens has written a short post about the coronation of King Charles, and particularly the introduction of an oath the general public will be
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
Stop calling faithfulness a sacrifice
We need to stop calling obedience and faithfulness to the commands of Christ “sacrifice”. There, I said it. It is not sacrifice to do what