There are two important clues to show us what the parable of the Good Samaritan is about. First, the parable is preceded by a question from one of the scribes: He asks Jesus what he can do to inherit eternal life and Jesus responds by discussing the commandments with him. The man rightly identifies whole… Continue reading The Good Samaritan and what Luke has to say about justification
Category: Theology
Some apostles?
One of the big moves during my lifetime has been from a situation where it would be considered at best “fringe” to refer to some Christian leaders as apostles to it being fairly normalised. This came up significantly in my deep dive into Bethel, Redding. The New Apostolic Reformation has a particular view of apostles… Continue reading Some apostles?
Who is God faithful to?
We often sing songs about how God is faithful. I wonder what we have in mind as we sing those songs, or when we repeat the line “you’re never gonna let me down.”? It’s tempting to think primarily in those terms, that God is faithful and so we can trust him with our dreams, aspirations… Continue reading Who is God faithful to?
Has the Gift of Tongues ceased? A reformed continuationist response to a reformed cessationist
Anthony Faggiano writes: “The gift of speaking in tongues, as the New Testament describes it, has ceased. That isn’t a novel claim. It belongs to the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity, to John Calvin, Francis Turretin, Herman Bavinck, Louis Berkhof, and R. C. Sproul, and to the major cessationist works: B. B.… Continue reading Has the Gift of Tongues ceased? A reformed continuationist response to a reformed cessationist
Does God desert us?
Writing on The Gospel Coalition website, Kyle Strobel asks: “Have you had the experience of feeling like your prayers simply bounced off the ceiling? Or your Scripture reading ceased to feel as meaningful as it once did? Have you looked back at seasons that felt like lush gardens of excitement, passion, and zeal for the… Continue reading Does God desert us?
Desire and temptation: Essays on the concupiscence controversy
I’ve recently published all my articles on the debate around whether desire and temptation are sin in one e-book. Here’s the introduction to that volume. This little book started life as a series of articles for Faithroot.com in 2024. At the time a little controversy had begun to brew in conservative evangelical circles. Technically the… Continue reading Desire and temptation: Essays on the concupiscence controversy
Cultivating the affections
Psalm 37:4 tells us to Delight yourself in the Lord and he will grant you the desires of your heart”. Such positive encouragement should caution us to a wholely negative view of desire as automatically and only sin. We can have good desires. We may also think of those things as affections, the people, things,… Continue reading Cultivating the affections
Whose name are you baptised in?
A good few years back, we were just getting ready to baptise a couple of people when a spanner was thrown in the works. One of those getting baptised arrived and came to see me saying that they only wanted to be baptised in the name of Jesus because in Acts, it was always in… Continue reading Whose name are you baptised in?
Douglas Wilson, Bethel, Christian Nationalism and confessional boundaries
Anthony Bradley writes about Douglas Wilson: In February 2026, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth extended an invitation to Moscow, Idaho pastor Doug Wilson to lead a Christian prayer service at the Pentagon. The invitation generated immediate and considerable national attention: not least because Wilson has, over the course of several decades, developed a political theology… Continue reading Douglas Wilson, Bethel, Christian Nationalism and confessional boundaries
Latest training course – Jesus and the Gospels
The full “Jesus and the Gospels” programme is available from the Faithroots Training pages. The course includes a video series to accompany the e-book. In the near future I’m also hoping to add a study guide.
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