An anonymous person writes to Evangelicals Now: Dear Editor, I’m interested to know why there is very little training of Christians in general. What do I mean? I cannot remember ever seeing a course on how to read the Bible well, that is open to everyone. There are many courses out there and they all… Continue reading Training for all?
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Is one US party demonic and the other merely non-Christian?
This is likely to be the final part of my engagement with Robert Gagnon and this is where we turn our attention to the specific question.* Can and should we regard the present Democratic Party in the United States as demonic whilst the Republicans are merely non-Christian? It is important at this point to be… Continue reading Is one US party demonic and the other merely non-Christian?
PACE-ing pastoral counselling
Dyadic Development Psychotherapy as an approach to therapy for children and young people that have been through trauma. One aspect of this approach uses the anachronym PACE where PACE stands for This approach, whilst not an exact, like for like fit for adult pastoral care may stull help us to think about how we approach… Continue reading PACE-ing pastoral counselling
Why I don’t tend to answer those “tell me now ‘yes or no’? ” questions
In my engagement with Robert Gagnon about Christian perspectives on US politics, we had the following interaction. The reason for my response was that Gagnon ‘s question really amounted to an assertion which he was trying to get me to affirm or deny. It felt rather like one of those trick/trap questions intended to skewer… Continue reading Why I don’t tend to answer those “tell me now ‘yes or no’? ” questions
How are Christians meant to live in a world where Satan rules?
I’m intending to focus in on the specific question about how US Evangelicals should respond to the political situation concerning Donald Trump and the Republican/Democrat parties shortly.[1] However, first of all, it is worth teasing out the theology behind my thinking a little further. This means that we need to think about the nature of… Continue reading How are Christians meant to live in a world where Satan rules?
Desire (the YouTube walk and talks)
I’ve been fleshing out my thoughts on Desire and the affections in a series of video talks. You can now watch them all together here.
Contemporary worship by subject
One of the benefits of the old fashioned hymnal was that often, the hymns were ordered by subject. rather than alphabetically (unlike contemporary song books or online resources). The benefit is that the person choosing the songs can quickly find songs that link to the particular theme that the service will focus on. So, a… Continue reading Contemporary worship by subject
How dare I?
I’m planning to come back shortly to the questions raised by Robert Gagnon’s approach to the current political debate in the US. My plan is to address the specific questions about US politics, with a friendly outsider’s perspective. However, before I do, I thought it was worth addressing two other things. First, why should I… Continue reading How dare I?
Why would a British Evangelical want to talk about US politics?
I wanted to address the question “Why am I bothering to comment on US political matters?” Well, I was asked that question, or a version of it by someone. In fact they were concerned not so much about me but a perception that British Christians were too obsessed with internal US matters that weren’t our… Continue reading Why would a British Evangelical want to talk about US politics?
Is transfer growth always a bad thing for church plants?
I’m going to make an unusual argument here. It’s unusual to overtly argue for churches being intentionally planted with the expectation that they will draw in existing believers. Those of us in the church planting world, indeed, many pastors of long established churches will prefer to say that we are there to reach the unreached,… Continue reading Is transfer growth always a bad thing for church plants?
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