September 2020
Christians, conspiracy theories and COVID Is it true that only 6% of COVID deaths are actually caused by the virus?
Angry at God? Is it okay to get angry with God? Do we need to learn to forgive Him?
Angry at God? (2) What to do with my anger
Angry at God? (3) The root cause of my anger
Angry at God? (4) The Trouble with me
Fear Faith and Coronavirus – Knowing the facts and knowing God will help us navigate between complacency and paralysis
Pills Therapy and sin Is the answer to depression just to repent?
Grace Culture The importance of swift forgiveness and repentance
Woke? How has the word woke become the insult of choice?
Exploring forgiveness and repentance – is forgiveness dependent on repentance?
Does forgiveness remove the need for church discipline -what is the role of the church in forgiveness?
Forgiveness and reconciliation may not always mean a return to normal
Curiosity and coronavirus We are still not asking the right questions needed to defeat COVID-19
Dog Whistle racism is still racism
Specifically Wrong – A Government minister says that the Government are going to break international law in a specific and limited way. Can we really be okay with that?
Does Forgiveness need to be expressed to the other person? RT Kendall argued that you should not approach the other person to let them know you were offended if you have forgiven them.
Didn’t we expect coronavirus cases to rise? Without a vaccine we were always going to see an increase in cases after lockdown. We now need to think carefully about how we live as close to normal in a COVID world
No longer Lord? An article in Premier Christianity has argued for dropping words including Lord, merciful and rebuke from our translations
Sabbath Rest (1) Do we need to keep Sunday special?
Sabbath Rest (2) Do pastors need their own sabbath?
Sabbath Rest (3) When Saturday comes: Is a two day weekend sinful?
Sabbath Rest (4) Work matters – what does the Bible have to say about work?
The role of Scripture in treating mental health conditions
Morality and the Christian account of God – a look at the question of suffering – is God immoral?
COVID-19 Update What is the present reality? Should Christians break unreasonable laws?
Singing ourselves to death? Really? A response to Lee Gattis’ argument in Evangelicals Now that we are singing too much in church
Am I a Biblical Man? What is true Biblical Manhood and Womanhood? Can we define them?
Breaking International Law? Returning to the dispute over Brexit and potential breaches to International Law. We look at the question of what International Law actually is? Does it exist in reality?
Breaking International Law? (2) The Internal Market Bill What led to the controversy about breaking International Law? Does the Government actually need to break law to get its way?
Preparing that delicious spiritual meal – the part we play in ensuring spiritually hungry people are fed
Mingling – The Rule of Six and challenges for the church
Ending community – the risk of the rule of six
How did we end up in this testing mess?
Deacons Clue – another clue from Scripture about who deacons are
Please let us not repeat the same mistakes – can we avoid the errors from the start of COVID?
Law and Spirit – a COVID Parable
Authoritarian? Is the Government’s response to COVIDS driven by authoritarianism and the risk with throwing words like this around
Demons Can Christians be demon possessed?
Miracles Why don’t we seem to see miracles like the one where Jesus calmed the storm today?
Facing Your fears – how do we face the things that terrify us in life?
Will a circuit break work? A look at another pandemic response tactic
A great attempt at a letter – and why I cannot sign it yet Some church leaders have written a letter to the Government about Coronavirus and asked others to co-sign it. Here’s why I cannot.
Is it hubris to say that we can control a virus? Pandemic responses in the light of the Creation mandate
How are we going to get through the next 6 months -the realisation that we are at best half way through our pandemic response will have caused significant discouragement to many
No the church did not roll over during COVID far from giving in to sectarian states, we have learnt to trust God to send out his Gospel
What does it mean to focus on just protecting the vulnerable? Can we simply isolate those most at risk from COVID-19 and let everyone else get on with their lives?
No, troops are not being deployed on the streets what do the Government mean when they say that the military are available to support the police?
The Danger with playing the media game – Christians need to be as wise as serpents as well as gentle as doves when talking to journalists
Recreating the home group and restoring the prayer meeting
Getting through the next six months, some practicalities
Truth Must not be a casualty of our engagement with the lockdown debate
Authority and Authoritarianism – what is the difference?
Why attempting to control COVID is not necessarily idolatrous – or a Biblical Theology of Public Health and Epidemiology
Why we might not need the vaccine fully rolled out to get back to normal
The risk of idolatry when it comes to death
Grace in the depths – News of a new resource for pastors and church leaders struggling with emotional health issues
