James’ emphasis on practical faith could be mistaken for legalism. How does this fit with the Gospel? Well James now helps us to think about what it means to obey the Law of God, specifically as it relates to favouritism. A look at the text (Read James 2:8-13) The Law is “the royal law” of… Continue reading The perfect law
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Faith, suffering and healing
One of the most common questions we tend to ask is to do with faith, suffering and healing. That’s probably because our health can be so often where we face suffering and where faith is tested. Even if we don’t face persecution, we are likely to face ill health at some point and will know people… Continue reading Faith, suffering and healing
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?
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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
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