I was watching the new season of the Chosen this week, it was the episode where Jesus enters the Temple and breaks out a whip… he goes Old Testament on the market place and starts […]
Category: Spiritual Growth
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 […]
Vulnerability & Availability: The perfect trap
Ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time and found yourself doing the very thing you don’t want to do? Yeah, me neither *cough*. The reality is, we all find ourselves in places […]
Supplements for big gains
He argued with me with so much confidence! He was so sure, that as a 14 year old boy, it was totally safe and healthy for him to be taking large serves of his favourite […]
“I’m really humble”, he said proudly
If ever there was a character trait that was desperately needed to be understood, taught, demonstrated, imparted, modelled and pursued, it would be humility. Yet, almost ironically, it is the most avoided and least spoken […]
Possess the Gate
In ancient kingdoms, cities and towns, walls and gates were built to keep people safe. A city without a wall was a city exposed and waiting for invasion. Those who controlled the gates, however, are […]
Become a logger, not a fighter.
You’re probably familiar with the adverts that show the man putting hot sauce on a cheesecake, or the woman putting shaving cream on her toothbrush, then the voiceover says in a slightly ridiculing tone, should […]
Was the greatest prophet who lived wrong to do this…?
History is full of incredible men and women who have said and done amazing things on behalf of God. Moses lead Israel out of Egypt and gave them the Law. Elijah called down fire from […]
Eagles, bats & chickens: we are the church
The idiom cannot see the forest for the trees means that a person or organization cannot see the big picture because the focus is too much on the details, it is when one does not or […]
he wasn’t talking to you
One of the important rules of interpreting the Bible that gets broken too often is the rule of the original context, namely, what did this text mean to the author and their intended audience. All […]
