Thinking Carefully about Spiritual Abuse

28 Jun 2019

Thinking Carefully about Spiritual Abuse

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Church Structure, Culture, Ecclesiology, Isaiah, James, Jesus, Justice, Leadership, Theology | 0

Following recent revelations publicly about a leading Anglican evangelical and abuse, and with a new book about Spiritual Abuse just published, I was prompted again (whilst reading Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse) of the need to think carefully about this … Continued

9 Feb 2019

Book Review: The Beauty of the Cross

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Atonement, Book Review, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Isaiah, Jesus, Kingdom of God | 0

Disclaimer – I was provided with a free review copy of this book, and thus didn’t have to like it. If I did, then As someone who has rubbished Lent in the past, and then worked for an Anglican rooted … Continued

29 Oct 2018

DTLC: Sexuality Part 2

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Being Human, Charismatic, Culture, Embodiment, Eschatology, Genesis, God the Father, Hermeneutics, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Kingdom of God, Leviticus, LGBT, Love, Mark, Marriage, Preaching, Psalms, Revelation, Sin, Theology, Vineyard | 2

You might have seen my post earlier this year about ‘Doing Theology in the Local Church‘, and the three rough scripts of talky-bits that I delivered as a result. One of the big questions that came out from our first term … Continued

23 Dec 2016

Advent – Isaiah 12:1-6

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Isaiah, Jesus | 1

The singing begins… How often do you sing, if you don’t go to church or are not part of a choir? Why do we sing so much at Christmas? One of my favourite Christmas things to do, which I particularly … Continued

22 Dec 2016

Advent – Isaiah 11:1-10

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 John, Holy Spirit, Isaiah, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Trinity | 2

This passage gives us a glimpse of the one who is coming, The King who will set things to rights. The kingdom that is coming is revealed in it’s king, yet there is so much more going on in this … Continued

21 Dec 2016

Advent – Isaiah 10:1-4

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Isaiah, Old Testament | 1

We live, as I reflected yesterday on the preceding passage, in interesting times. Our earth groans. Culture is cracking and breaking. We live on the right side of history, but the wrong side of His story, in so many ways … Continued

20 Dec 2016

Advent – Isaiah 9:1-7

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Isaiah, Old Testament | 2

Welcome to the first full post in a mini-series on Advent. These posts will play around with 5 passages I’ve found powerful and helpful in the run-up to Christmas. I don’t know about you, but from where I sit 2016 … Continued

Isaiah

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