The dislocated union of promiscuous wife and distraught husband is the most powerful picture in the entire Bible. No other poetic device or theme comes as close to conveying the smitten and lovingly steadfast heart of God. In short, the juxtaposition of adultery and fidelity – God-amnesia and Jesus-fascination – is the premier theme of allContinue reading “Bishop Michael Curry: Miracle Donkey or Whore Mule?”
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The Royal Wedding Sermon: 5 lightweight comebacks for the counterfeit gospel
Redeeming Radicalisation
This short (rough) video from just last year reflects one of the most important junctures of my 38-year discipleship in following Chirst. It’s a principle that I believe will be increasingly prevalanet in the Church over the next 5-10 years (please share)
Paul Scanlon & Carl Lentz: world-class leadership or social media cowardice?
Millstone-lobbing Goats
Dear Millstone-lobbing Goats,
Are You Ready?
We feel like it’s a good thing to honestly review Christian lifestyle. It shouldn’t be an offence to us to do that or to suggest that others do as well.
The Miracle of Soft-Heartedness: Escaping Our Hate
There isn’t a greater healing possible than that of the human heart. Not a healing from angina, leaky valve problems, left ventricular hypertrophy or some other kind of disease, but healing from the unbelieving, human spirit condition of hard-heartedness, common to us all.
Ready: Living Full in a Bloated World
The Need For Learning The early church exploded from a small group of misfit disciples into the most dynamic and cohesive movement within the Roman empire in just three hundred years. They were the new kids on the block and they were taking over the place. One early critic was claiming that they had ‘turnedContinue reading “Ready: Living Full in a Bloated World”
Ready: Living Alert in a Sleepy World
Are we asleep to this gospel? Am I really living as if this is true – that Jesus is coming back – maybe later today – to punish rebels and reward his waiting bride? Have we replaced the bracing realities of the gospel with “evenings without number obliterated by television, evenings neither of entertainment nor of education, but of narcotised defence against time” (Neuhaus, Freedom for Ministry, p. 227)?
Into the Pray – Joy
Debut I was stood in a church worshipping last week when something happened that I have never seen before in more than 36 years of being in church.
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