This is the first of a series of new videos responding to recent UK House of Commons debates and legislation on abortion and euthanasia.
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The fruit of repentance
When the people came to John to be baptised, he insisted that they showed the fruit of repentance. When Jesus came to Zacheus’ house, he ensured that he give back to those he had defrauded and then to the poor. In Ephesians 2, we are told that we are saved by grace for good works.… Continue reading The fruit of repentance
Christians and assisted dying
Here are my notes for a workshop I’m doing with our church family tonight on the question of assisted dying. I’ll be publishing the detailed notes soon How do we make ethical decisions? What do we know about God? John 5:21 &26-27 What do we know about us (Humanity)? Genesis 1:26-27 What do we know… Continue reading Christians and assisted dying
How we live affects what we believe
The tagline of this site is “What you believe affects how you live” The opposite of this is true as well though. Our beliefs shape our thoughts, emotions, words and actions (at least if we are being consistent) but not only do those actions demonstrate what we are believing, showing the fruit but they can… Continue reading How we live affects what we believe
Evil, absolute evil and abortion
I thought it might be helpful to revisit the discussion about “absolute evil” and abortion to think through more carefully about how we think about things. As a refresher, the debate was as to whether the recent amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill removing reference to a other aborting her own child should be… Continue reading Evil, absolute evil and abortion
Bad legislation leads to bad law (responding to the votes on abortion and euthanasia
I’m planning to respond a little more to the recent votes in the House of Commons on abortion and the assisted dying bill, probably through a mix of articles and videos. Here’s a video looking at how the legal changes have been introduced
Supporting Faithroots
The aim of faithroots is to do three things. This happens through All of this is provided freely. If you would like to support this work . If you are able to and would like to, you can give a one off donation or commit to regular giving. Please contact me via the form below… Continue reading Supporting Faithroots
The Luke jigsaw puzzle
We are mid-series in Luke’s Gospel at Church at the moment and I’m also working through Luke as part of a Faithroots Teaching series. I thought it might be worth taking a step back to look at the big picture.
Getting involved in church planting and training
How can you get involved with what we are doing? Training and church planting in the urban West Midlands
The other party
What’s going on when a Bible passage looks like it should be about two people but ends up just being about one? People often ask about what happened to the man in the incident where a woman was caught in adultery. Similarly, in 1 Corinthians 5, we are told about a man who has been… Continue reading The other party
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