All week, I’ll be posting about Lauren Winner’s new book, Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis. I’m doing so because I think it’s an important book, and I hope that you all read it. In spite of what I’ve already mentioned — divorce, loneliness... read more

This post develops a perspective on the powers from the first chapters of Luke’s gospel. The exegesis is informed by two particular approaches. • The first of these is the hermeneutic that I have developed by combining NT Wright’s critical realism... read more

The Lord’s Table Growing up in the Assemblies of God tradition one of the first things I was introduced to as a serious Christian was the traditional Sunday morning ‘Breaking of Bread’ service. This was the meeting that all committed Christians ha... read more

So my week of ripping others’ thoughts off continues. I found this helpful as it is not really about swearing, it is about honesty. Some people (although fewer year on year in this culture) expect their leaders to be… read more

Rachel Held Evans issued a challenge to male bloggers last week in response to John Piper's suggestion that "God has given Christianity a masculine feel", which she thought was "a strange way to talk about the Bride of Christ." I...... read more

I’m not sure when I first noticed the sexism in the church, perhaps being brought up a Catholic you’d think it was obvious that something was amiss in the equality for women stakes. I think it was my teenage years where I started to question how a... read more

The further out from the “church” I get the more I am convinced the “church” with a small c is not what Christ ever intended. The the more distance I have from it all the less relevant it becomes. We read of past revivals and pray for new ones... read more

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