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Continue reading →: Haiku: Seed Falls On The GroundSeed falls on the ground,Some finds earth, others lay bare—Growth blooms where hearts care.
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Continue reading →: Christians vs Muslims: The Chess EditionI have long been drawn to this illustration from The Libro de los Juegos (13th century CE), which depicts a Muslim and a Christian facing each other across a chessboard. As an avid chess fan, I find it fascinating to consider the long history of the game, and the suggestion…
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Continue reading →: Be Gentle with YourselfLet’s remember that confession, before God in prayer, is about self-honesty, not self-punishment. We are called to face our flaws with courage, not to hide them in shame. The aim is to work through our failures to become better versions of ourselves, not to kick ourselves down for being imperfect.…
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Continue reading →: Fate or Faith? The Shared Weakness of Calvinism and UniversalismBoth Calvinism and Universalism share a similar weakness: they minimise human freedom. In each, salvation risks being reduced to an inevitable fate rather than a gift freely received through faith. Calvinism tends to frame this fate in terms of an elect few chosen from the beginning, while Universalism extends it…
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Continue reading →: Indian Christian Art: Madonna and ChildThe Madonna and Child, Lucknow, India, circa 1760, attributed to Mir Kalan Khan
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Continue reading →: Cooling the Mark Out: Grace and Truth After Christian NationalismI’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of cooling the mark out. It’s a notion from sociology about how to help someone land after a fall, save face after being conned, find a way to keep their dignity intact even when it’s all come crashing down. It feels deeply…
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Continue reading →: Sleep Walking into Techno-Feudalism: A Reflection on Housing, Work, and OwnershipI work in IT. I’m not anti-technology. I love what it can do—when it serves people. But I am increasingly unsettled with what I see coming. It’s not just the pace of change. It’s what we’re changing into. Something is shifting, quietly, steadily, in the structure of our society. And…
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Continue reading →: Why I’ve Never Accepted ComplementarianismComplementarianism has never sat right with me. Even before I had the language or theological grounding to explain why, I felt uneasy about the idea that leadership in the church, and even in the home, should be divided strictly along gender lines. Over the years, I’ve grown in my understanding…
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Continue reading →: When Gatekeepers Resist, Hold Fast to What You KnowIn John 9, Jesus encounters a man blind from birth. His disciples treat him as a theological puzzle: “Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus rejects the question entirely. This man’s life is not a case study in blame, but an opportunity for God’s…
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Continue reading →: Pantocrator: By Australian Artist Nathan SimpsonNathan Simpson is an Australian artist known for his evocative oil paintings that reinterpret biblical narratives through a contemporary lens. Born in 1973, Simpson’s work delves deeply into themes of suffering, redemption, and resurrection, often employing symbolic and surreal imagery to convey profound spiritual messages. Nathan Simpson’s Pantocrator reimagines the…
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