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Continue reading →: Is injustice without consequence?Was it unjust of Jesus to warn of coming judgement for Israel and the nations? Personally I see the teaching of judgement as having a lot in common with the teaching of karma. It is the simple observation that actions have consequences, socially as well as personally. Unfortunately I think…
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Continue reading →: An elemental prayerGod of our Lord, Jesus You are the rock supporting my feet You are the water quenching my thirst You are the breath giving me life You are the light guiding my way Empower me now with your Spirit Amen
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Continue reading →: Racism denies the power of the gospelRacism denies the power of the gospel to reconcile different people to God and to one another, and it is offensive to the Father who sent his Son for this very reason.
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Continue reading →: Taking the law out of contextIt is important to understand: Law within the context of covenant (Deuteronomy 5:1-6); Rules within the context of relationship (Colossians 2:20); Obedience within the context of faith (Romans 1:5).
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Continue reading →: The mysteries above and the mysteries belowIt is common enough for Christians to observe that Christ is the key to understanding the Creator. For the witness of the scriptures is that Jesus is “the radiance of God’s glory” and “the exact representation of his being” and “in very nature God” and that “God was pleased to have all…
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Continue reading →: The Daily Trinitarian Prayer of John StottHeavenly Father, I pray that I may live this day in your presence and please you more and more. Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you. Holy Spirit, I pray that this day you will fill me with yourself and cause…
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Continue reading →: God is always readyGod is always ready, but we are very unready; God is near to us, but we are far from Him; God is within, but we are without; God is at home, but we are strangers. By Meister Eckhart
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Continue reading →: Lowering the bar for our political benefactorsEver since the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity there has been pressure for church leaders to lower the bar of morality for political leaders who support them. As a consequence, whilst the Christian understanding of salvation has tended to remain anchored in Christ, the Christian understanding of morality has tended…
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Continue reading →: Progress in the Christian lifeIn his letter to the Romans, Paul speaks of the obedience that comes through faith. This suggests that progress in the Christian life comes, not through cultivating guilt and shame, but through cultivating faith. And an effective way of cultivating faith is through meditating on the faithfulness of God. In…
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Continue reading →: Parenting Styles and Religious BeliefsA number of sociologists have observed that people’s political views, consciously or otherwise, often tend to mirror the parenting styles that they consider normal or positive. I have observed this is often also true of religious views. On the one hand, many view God as strict and authoritarian, as having a…
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