Advent – Isaiah 11:1-10
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
Advent – Isaiah 10:1-4
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
Advent – Isaiah 9:1-7
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
A Blast from the NLC Past – 1
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This is the first ‘substantive’ post in my new mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. At the time Debby, with her … Continued
Suicide and the Sovereignty of God: Part 2
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Following on from yesterday’s post on World Suicide Prevention Day, which introduced the topic, defined some terms, and explained the scale of the problem, today I want to turn to Scripture, and consider what the Bible says about suicide, the … Continued
Four Helpful Articles on the Imago Dei
I’ve been working away on an essay looking at the imago Dei in Genesis 1-3, specifically as it relates to gender relations between male and female. It has been brilliant fun, stretching my limited Hebrew, and forcing me to hunt footnotes across … Continued
Book Review: Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism
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Today’s book review is of an interesting collection of essays that have found their way into some of my own essays, plenty of conversations, and some of my own thinking. Edited by two Christophers: Hays, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford, … Continued
Jesus the Feminist
Jesus couldn’t be a feminist… Was Jesus a feminist? Many Christians I have met would say no. Usually there are three different thought processes going on behind the no’s that they give: Thought process 1: Feminism equals aggressive, … Continued
Justice and Worship: A Brief Reflection
A lot of the Old Testament is rather alien to the modern Christian. But it shouldn’t be. Even though much of the narrative is out of our comprehension, or in some cases despicable to our ears, it is the same … Continued
