Author: faithrootsdw

Teach us to pray

Luke joins Matthew in including a version of what became known as the Lord’s Prayer. However, unlike Matthew, Luke separates the prayer off from the Sermon on the Mount.   This may reflect the structuring of the Gospels to make points but also, as likely is that Jesus repeats in private, teaching he has given publicly. … Continue reading Teach us to pray

Neighbours

The parable of the Good Samaritan is sandwiched between Jesus sending out the 72 to spread news of the coming kingdom and Jesus’ conversation with Mary and Martha about whether Mary should be helping the Lord. 16.1 Read Luke 10:1-16 Jesus now appoints a further group of his disciples to be sent out. The language… Continue reading Neighbours

Faithroots audio

As well as providing written content here at Faithroots, I also try to include audio and video content including a regular podcast and recorded teaching series. The idea behind the podcast is that it frees you up to access content whilst on the move. You can access my podcasts and recordings on Spotify here

The election and immigration

Immigration was always going to be one of the big issues in this General Election Campaign.  Rishi Sunak made that so when he made “stopping the boats” one of his key objectives and pushed ahead with the Rwanda policy.  His opponents were going to be happy with this given that the Tories had been promising… Continue reading The election and immigration

Ephesians and Church leadership

We want our church leadership to be Biblical. Usually by this, we mean that we want to appoint people to the offices we find in Scripture and mirror the structures we find there. The problem is that there is often a lot of disagreement here because in fact the New Testament doesn’t really have that… Continue reading Ephesians and Church leadership

Revealed

The question of Jesus’ identity has now been established and answers offered.  Peter’s answer that Jesus is “The Messiah” has been recognised as the correct verdict but what exactly does this mean? Peter’s own understanding of Messiahship has proven faulty and Jesus has made it clear that his identity as King is wrapped up in… Continue reading Revealed

Journalists should stop trying to be the mediators

Whatever our views of individual politicians, good political debate can be helped or hindered by the journalists reporting, interviewing and debate moderating. I think Nick Robinson modelled reasonably well how to do it when interviewing Sunak but suffered from time constraints. I’m sure previous elections have seen a longer format. The moderating of the BBC… Continue reading Journalists should stop trying to be the mediators