Author: faithrootsdw

God’s Place

There are three strands to Biblical Theology I would like to talk a bit more in this article about “God’s Place.”  In Genesis 1-2, we are told the story of Creation.  God creates the universe out of nothing and forms and fills it over a 6 day period before resting on the seventh day. The… Continue reading God’s Place

Iran v England. Why Qatar isn’t the only problem with the World Cup

I wrote the other week about the Qatar World Cup and whether Christians should boycott watching it.  You can read my article here.  One of the things I was concerned about when writing the article was that we can put our sole focus on one rogue player.  If you have a problem with rogue states… Continue reading Iran v England. Why Qatar isn’t the only problem with the World Cup

Who are you?

This is Pilate’s question for Jesus.  Not in the sense that he didn’t know the name of the person standing before him or anything about the details of his life.  It’s a question about identity. Read Mark 15:1-15 It’s the night before his crucifixion and Jesus has been handed over by the Jewish leaders to… Continue reading Who are you?

Crucified (Mark 15)

Jesus is handed over to Pilate because the Jewish leaders don’t have the authority to order his execution. Given their hesitancy around a public showdown with Jesus themselves, it also neatly hands the problem over to the Romans.  Note the cowardice of a night trial and then passing the issue so that they don’t get… Continue reading Crucified (Mark 15)

In what world is infanticide not a moral issue?

One of the great concerns many of us have had about movers to legalise euthanasia is the potential for things to slide further and in an even more dangerous direction.  I am opposed to euthanasia in principle because I do not believe that it is for us to determine when death comes.  However, even for… Continue reading In what world is infanticide not a moral issue?

If Twitter were to die tonight, would your tweets get into heaven?

Yesterday, the internet was caught up in rumours and gossip suggesting that Twitter, one of the main social media platforms people communicate on could be about to completely collapse.  Elon Musk appears to have picked up the Liz Truss playbook at the same time as taking over Twitter leading to complete chaos with many key… Continue reading If Twitter were to die tonight, would your tweets get into heaven?

Dwelling is more than contextualisation

The other day, I was discussing with a group of potential church planters what it means to plant a “missional church”.  Now, I guess that every church should be missional so, when we use the phrase we are suggesting that a church is not resting on its laurels as an established entity in the community… Continue reading Dwelling is more than contextualisation

Good news for the unsettled, uprooted and home sick

The strapline of Faithroots is “What we believe affects how we live.”  This is because Faithroots is first of all, a theological website. One of my aims is to introduce readers to good, solid, rich and challenging theology.  But Faithroots is also meant to be a practical, pastoral site and I don’t think those two… Continue reading Good news for the unsettled, uprooted and home sick

Why we fire fight … There’s little gratitude for prevented problems

Allegedly, Twitter is going to implode and collapse. Already, I’m seeing the predictable comments about how “this feels just like the Y2K bug all over again.” Similar comments were made during the pandemic The implication is that we are dealing with a hysterical, over inflated scare story or even a hoax. This is because back… Continue reading Why we fire fight … There’s little gratitude for prevented problems