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Why Christianity is not safe
Christianity was never meant to be safe. The book of Acts shows us a revolution of love, truth, healing, and surrender. When Jesus is truly Lord, everything changes—our priorities, our relationships, our mission. The early church didn’t play religious games. They lived lives that turned the world upside down. So should we.
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Do you know what Eternal Life is?
This is another draft chapter from the book I’m working on… I’d appreciate any feedback. I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity.Then the world will know that you sent meand have loved themeven as you have loved me.John 17:23 NIV Do you ever feel powerless? Do you ever feel like you don’t have what it takes? Jesus understood that his disciples simply would not have the capacity to glorify God, which is why he prayed what he did in John 17:23. His prayer points to another much-misunderstood aspect of Christian teaching: Eternal Life. My Father, Mal, often told the story of a…
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There is a good chance that the majority of people who call themselves Christians don’t understand the significance of Jesus’s death and resurrection.
Most people believe they know the Easter story, but the story they believe doesn’t seem to excite them very much. Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth probably in the year 54 which was 23 or 24 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus. That is the same as someone today writing about events in 1994, which happens to be the year I was married. I remember the year quite well, and there are lots of people you can talk to who were at our wedding and can verify that Leeanne and I were indeed married. When the Apostle Paul talked about the gospel he was not…
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Are you enlightened, a romantic or an existentialist? Take your pick, and you’d still be wrong!
I’ve been listening to a range of lectures by N.T. Wright and lots of times I have found he has brought deep and new insight to my view of the bible and how I approach it. You can find the podcasts here: http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7177871033466698832/posts/default I actually typed out part of one address because it was so important in being able to stand back and have a look at where I might have accidently slipped into seeing things in an unhelpful way.. He unpacks the three great movements of thought since the reformation and how they have shaped the churches theology. That might not sound interesting, but I wonder whether you can…
