We just had ‘week two’ at church in a series on ‘What We Believe’, and this week was all about why we confidently believe that the Bible we hold in our hands today is a […]
Category: Christianity 101
Trinity: The Nature of God
The Christian distinctive really is that we believe in ONE God who is revealed in THREE persons. It is based on Scripture; it is right there in the Apostle’s Creed, and it has been a […]
We’ll have to go through it!
CAN’T GO OVER IT There’s a fun story book that I loved as a boy, ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’, that describes the adventures of some children on a journey to find a bear. On […]
Make Disciples; what did Jesus mean?
The final words Jesus spoke to His disciples were not rushed, sentimental, or abstract. They were spoken by the risen Lord, standing on the far side of death, addressing men who were about to be […]
Worship ≠ Music
Music is powerful. How many memes have you seen of great scenes from movies but the music has been replaced with something absurd? Like someone walking down the isle in Romantic Drama while the Imperial […]
monty python & The DOCTRINE of spiritual ‘Activations’
In some Pentecostal and charismatic circles there is this belief that although Christians have received the Holy Spirit, there are ‘dormant gifts’ that cannot be, or are not being, accessed, used, or engaged with. According […]
Pleasure or Purpose; choose your pain.
A punchy little video I’ve seen popping up in social media lately has a simple yet slightly misleading little phrase as it’s punchline; The world offers you pleasure but God offers you purpose, but you […]
No, it’s not ‘warfare’
A common criticism of believers who identify as being charismatic or Pentecostal is that they (we) can often be too focused on spiritual warfare, on the activity of the devil, and on combating the principalities […]
The Kingdom of God: 7 | Grace & Truth
We live in between the two comings of Jesus, and while we eagerly await the return of the King, we have clear and concise instructions on what we are to be doing with our lives, […]
The kingdom of God: 6 | The King Foretold
The Old Testament prophets consistently spoke of the coming of a Messiah & King, and of the future deliverance and Kingdom He would bring. The first prophecy announcing a coming deliverer is found in Genesis […]
