• The Lens Of Your Theology

    Almost every Christian I know claims to believe exactly what the Bible says. I don’t think that’s true. That’s not because I believe they’re dishonest. Nor is it because I think they don’t love Scripture. Quite the opposite. Most of the Christians I know genuinely want to follow the Bible

  • Fear Vs Right

    As a father of two teenagers, I am constantly amazed by their passion, creativity, and strong sense of justice. They give me plenty of reasons to feel proud. Like many of us, they are still learning the difficult difference between knowing what is right and consistently living it. But it’s

  • Keeping Up With Goodness

    “God made mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.” — Ecclesiastes 7:29 (NIV) As I reflected on that verse today, I thought about something. We spend so much time talking about how evil people are that we rarely stop to ask a far more uncomfortable question:

  • Taking Offence?

    Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard Christians describe sin as the fundamental problem with humanity. Sin, not Jesus’ love, seems to be the centre of the Gospel sometimes. Because we’re sinners, we’re destined for eternal conscious torment in the fiery bowls of hell. Our all-loving God can’t stand the

  • Do You Have A Favourite Side Of Jesus?

    I have a theory about Jesus. Or, more accurately, I have a theory about us. I think your favourite side of Jesus might tell me something about you, and possibly something you don’t know about yourself yet. Let me explain. There are a lot of different sides to Jesus in

  • Excuses and The Emptying Pews

    Every time someone left my church, the pastor had a way of apportioning blame to the departed church member. When we had a staff meeting, he would often update us on people who had left the church by saying, “This person is looking for an excuse to sin” or “That

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