You’ll hear a lot of criticism of Twitter, or X as it is now known. However, my view has been that the same problems exist on other social media platforms like Facebook. The reason is that the problem is not the medium but human interaction generally. With that in mind, I’ve picked up on some… Continue reading Why does postmodern pluralism encourage the personal?
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Relationships and the Trinity
Remember Juliet? We left her sitting in a coffee shop gazing into the eyes of Romeo. So, a few days later, you meet up with Juliet for coffee and you broach the subject: “So who’s the guy?” She tells you that they met at work, they really like each other and have been on one… Continue reading Relationships and the Trinity
On handling “saviour language” in Paul’s teaching on marriage
There have been a couple of articles elsewhere on the interweb recently about the relationship between men and women in marriage, specifically on what Ephesians 5 has to say about headship and submission. In this article, Andrew Bartlett has written a review of Kevin DeYoung’s book, Men and Women in the Church, a short, practical,… Continue reading On handling “saviour language” in Paul’s teaching on marriage
Naming Jesus
This is a recording of today’s talk for our church based on Isaiah 9
The Egalitarian Compass
The other day, I shared this article, attempting to map out the different complementarian positions. I thought it might be helpful to begin to attempt something similar with Egalitarianism. Now, I’ve not got as far yet as creating the equivalent map or compass, perhaps that will come later but to start with, I hope that… Continue reading The Egalitarian Compass
Who judges?
God’s grace is seen as our pride is removed and we are brought to a place of humility? So what does this humility look like in practice? James now answers that question. All of this links in to the theme of being slow or cautious to speak. A look at the text (Read James 4:11-12) … Continue reading Who judges?
The taming of the tongue
The old proverb “Sticks and stones might break my bones but words will never hurt me” is challenged by James. Words do matter. Our speech has consequences. A look at the text (Read James 3:3-8) James illustrates the power of the tongue by comparing it first with the bit of a bridle. It’s placed into… Continue reading The taming of the tongue
The aloneness of Adam revisited
In Genesis 2:18, God says: “It’s not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Often “alone” gets read as “lonely.” The two words though related are not the same and the result is that we can have a distorted understanding of what the issue was. I’ve been… Continue reading The aloneness of Adam revisited
Remembrance or protest?
I want to deal here with the issue of protest marches taking place this weekend concerning what is happening in Gaza. Since October 7th, it seems that each weekend there have been mass demonstrations on the streets of London and other cities reacting to Israel’s response to the atrocities that happened that day. It’s important… Continue reading Remembrance or protest?
Pacing yourself
Something struck me as our life group were meeting the other day. We were talking bout the life of Abraham and how he has to wait so many years before the promised son, Isaac comes. He lives 100 years, waiting, trusting making mistakes, learning, growing in his faith, preparing before his prayer is answered. This… Continue reading Pacing yourself
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