What is contemporary complementarianism responding too?

One of the reasons why we might see both continuity and discontinuity in a thought is because we see contextualisation at work.  This means that we react to and engage with the thinking of the world around us. This can work for both good and ill.  We contextualise for good by considering how to shape… Continue reading What is contemporary complementarianism responding too?

Helping one another worship – why we chose our words carefully

I thought I’d add a little bit more to my comments the other day about how we handle worship song and hymn lyrics. It’s worth me emphasising here that I’m personally very cautious about changing and adapting things not least because it’s often been done badly. However, I believe there is a case for adapting… Continue reading Helping one another worship – why we chose our words carefully

When a community has a blind spot

I want to pick up on a brilliant question that was raised by one of our church family on the Zoom discussion last Sunday. We had listened to James preach on Matthew 7:1-6 and then one of the members asked “is it possible for these verses to talk about a whole community, church or institution?”… Continue reading When a community has a blind spot