On this Rock I Will …
If the saying is true that statistics never lie, it would be reasonable to assume that the Christian Church in the West is in trouble. The data seems clear, it’s […]
What Hope Have We Got?
What Hope Have We Got? Religion is poison, because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. […]
Gospel Freedom and the Law
Gospel Freedom to Love the Law ‘What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law’ (Romans 7:7). […]
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
The Gift Christmas, it’s coming round again. Father Time’s ever-spinning carousel has almost completed another revolution and all the signs are here. People around the planet are gathering like minions […]
FAITH, MIRACLES AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Faith, Miracles, and the Kingdom of God. David Hume once proposed: ‘Upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, […]
What if We Really did Believe? 
As Christians we live in interesting and challenging times. There’s an elephant in the room, one that’s always been there, in fact it can be found in every room, but […]
Paganism and the Otherness of God
From the cults of ancient Rome to the hippie movement of the 60s, or where east meets west, or positive psychology exchanges ideas with mystical spirituality, the result is paganism. […]
Predestined to Life
The doctrine of predestination will always be accompanied with controversy, disagreement and possibly even the covering of ears, the raising of arm hair and the chilling of spines. Let me […]
Closing Down the Idol Factories
The fantasy of the human being is a factory that works ceaselessly to make idols. John Calvin When it comes to creating idols, human beings certainly have a lengthy and […]
No Beginning No End
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’ Genesis 1:1 For over a decade I have had the privilege of teaching Christian Studies to primary aged students. This […]