The old proverb “Sticks and stones might break my bones but words will never hurt me” is challenged by James. Words do matter. Our speech has consequences. A look at the text (Read James 3:3-8) James illustrates the power of the tongue by comparing it first with the bit of a bridle. It’s placed into… Continue reading The taming of the tongue
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The Air we breathe
You’ve probably heard the sermon illustration about faith where the preacher talks about the difference between saying you believe that a chair will hold your weight and proving this by actually sitting in the chair. We were talking about this illustration at our Life Group in relation to James 2:18 and the relationship between faith… Continue reading The Air we breathe
I choose Thatmas
First in a series of Advent podcasts
Life in the valley of the shadow of death
Here’s a Faithroots Podcast on Psalm 23.
The Dragon and the beasts
Revelation 12-13 #FaithrootsPodcast
Rahab
To illustrate what he means by faith and works going together, James points to two Old Testament characters. The first and perhaps obvious one is Abraham (James 2:21-24). James reminds us of the statement that “Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness” from Genesis 15. He argues that this was particularly… Continue reading Rahab
The aloneness of Adam revisited
In Genesis 2:18, God says: “It’s not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Often “alone” gets read as “lonely.” The two words though related are not the same and the result is that we can have a distorted understanding of what the issue was. I’ve been… Continue reading The aloneness of Adam revisited
Who is in charge?
In response to my recent article on the different types of complementarianism, one stand out comment came back. A reader suggested that both complementarians and egalitarians alike have the same problem, they are essentially arguing about “who is in charge?” The result is that essentially the debate is about status, hierarchy and power. This goes… Continue reading Who is in charge?
Post Covid Symposium
The UK are currently engaging in a public enquiry in order to review and learn lessons from our response to the COVID pandemic. I’ve argued for a little while that the Church would benefit from having it’s own COVID enquiry to learn lessons for our own response. Well, Affinity have decided to host, not a… Continue reading Post Covid Symposium
Wanted -church mothers
For some time, I’ve been arguing that both complementarians and egalitarians alike have been letting the church down by failing to give proper place to women in the church. For complementarians, the failure has perhaps been more obvious. The focus has been so much on saying “this is what women cannot do” that the result… Continue reading Wanted -church mothers
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