#TheDailyDose … a look at Ephesians 6:1-4. Key take aways We obey our earthly fathers because we have a heavenly father … and because it is the right thing to do. The promises concerning parents and children are based on the parental responsibility to teach God’s word and bring the Gospel to children. There is… Continue reading Fathers and Mothers/Sons and Daughters
Author: faithrootsdw
Gently and lowly?
This is a book review with a bit of a difference. Normally you would expect me to be reviewing a new book that few people have heard of yet in order to let you know why you should buy it and read it. In this case, there’s a good chance that you’ve already heard about,… Continue reading Gently and lowly?
Accuser
Here’s another out of the freezer article from a few years back Over the past few years, I’ve talked a lot about the Guilt Driven Church and about guilt, grace and forgiveness.. The primary focus has been on how we experience shame and learning to distinguish false guilt from true guilt. But really there’s another… Continue reading Accuser
The census that matters
It’s census day in the UK. The idea is that every decade, each household must complete a form declaring who is at the address on the day, their race, gender, religion etc. The data is used for planning and policy making purposes as part of public life. It also is eventually released online and can… Continue reading The census that matters
When you have nothing left to give
Do you feel like you’ve nothing more to give, like you’ve come to the end of yourself? Maybe you’ve felt like that in the past, maybe you feel that way now. There’s a good chance that you are going to know that feeling at some point in the future. It’s that feeling that you can’t… Continue reading When you have nothing left to give
I carry scars
You don’t get to your 40s without picking up some scars along the way. In my case, I’m particularly aware of three examples of physically scarring. First of all, when I was a kid, we went to visit my uncle and auntie in Gloucester. They had a pet dog but it was a little nervous,… Continue reading I carry scars
Do evangelical and liberal Christians believe in the same God?
This may be an even more provocative question than yesterday’s question about whether or not Christians and Muslims worship the same God. However, I hope it will help us to develop our thinking a but further. It comes in the context of some of the responses to the first question, where the follow on is… Continue reading Do evangelical and liberal Christians believe in the same God?
I’ve got a theory
On faithroots Live this week, I was looking at the Theory of Evolution. Now, I’m a Young Earth Creationist which means I fundamentally disagree with Evolutionary Theory, however, I think that it is vital we evaluate the strongest form of an opposing argument. So, one thing that I took time to do was to respond… Continue reading I’ve got a theory
Wives and Husbands (Ephesians 5:21-33)
This is the potentially controversial bit of Ephesians – but what does Paul actually say about marriage?
Do Christians and Muslims believe in the same God?
This is one of those questions that comes up from time to time. Don’t we actually worship the same God? Isn’t it just that Christians have some funny views about Jesus being God’s Son (from a Muslim perspective). The question goes a bit further than the usual “all religions are the same” line and is… Continue reading Do Christians and Muslims believe in the same God?
