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Partiality

One of the crucial concerns that the New Testament letter writers shared was that church gatherings would be characterised by unity. For Paul, a significant aspect of this was the wiping out of ethnic divisions between Jew and Gentile, for James, the focus was on divisions based on class and wealth. A look at the… Continue reading Partiality

Grieving Together

We have experienced a significant amount of bereavement as a church family recently. A few of us have said goodbye to precious family members. In some cases it was something we were preparing for but in others it came as a total shock. Last week, we were hit with the news that someone who has… Continue reading Grieving Together

Common Grace without special grace?

I want to flesh out my thinking a little bit more on something I touched on in my comments on the M&S advert. There I engaged with the question “what were you expecting from an advert?” Was it crass, self-centred commercialism? Well yes of course. The question is whether we should have expected better. Others… Continue reading Common Grace without special grace?

Remembrance or protest?

I want to deal here with the issue of protest marches taking place this weekend concerning what is happening in Gaza. Since October 7th, it seems that each weekend there have been mass demonstrations on the streets of London and other cities reacting to Israel’s response to the atrocities that happened that day. It’s important… Continue reading Remembrance or protest?

Terror

Faithroots Podcast on Revelation 8-9

Thismas, thatmas and that advert

Have you seen the big Christmas advert yet? Usually at this time of year, the focus is on John Lewis and their budget blowing mini movie advert. However, all eyes this year have been on the M&S advert. The advert creates a number of typically traditional celebratory scenes, however there is a twist, the character… Continue reading Thismas, thatmas and that advert

AI and demons

In his article about AI, Tim Suffield argues that one lens we need to consider when engaging with AI, indeed with anything is the spiritual lens. He points out that something can be more than one thing at the same time, that we shouldn’t therefore over divide between spiritual and physical. I’m with him so… Continue reading AI and demons

Applying Revelation to Israel and Gaza

It’s fascinating that the most read article on Faithroots, even, is the one titled Israel, conflict and end times prophecy. I wonder how many people clicked on the post expecting and perhaps hoping for one of those articles which carefully sets out what how exactly current events are fulfilling Daniel and Revelation. Given that few… Continue reading Applying Revelation to Israel and Gaza

Hearers and doers

So, we are to be slow at speaking and slow to anger, just God is slow to anger and abounding in love and prompt in listening. However, this desire to listen is not meant to be passive. Jesus talked about his followers being “both hearers and doers of his word”, so too does James. A… Continue reading Hearers and doers

Is AI dehumanising?

Tim Suffield thinks so. You can read his reasoning here. Now, the first thing to note is that there is a little bit of the Cretan dilemma with engaging Tim’s post. Remember how Paul quoted the Cretan who said that “all Cretans are liars”. If he was speaking the truth, then all Cretans really were… Continue reading Is AI dehumanising?