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Sunday evening exhaustion
Do you ever get to the end of a Sunday feeling shattered? If you’ve come to church in the morning, gone to someone’s house for lunch (or done the actual…
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A superb public statement on marriage, sex, and identity
The Greater Love Declaration is a statement drafted by a bunch of British evangelicals. And it is absolutely superb. I know that of the making of public statements by evangelicals…
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“Toxic”
“Toxic”. It’s a word that has invaded Christian speech, but could I suggest a moratorium on this adjective, please? For two reasons: Firstly, “toxic” is a lazy image. It's like…
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What’s wrong with swearing?
At school, almost everyone does it, including teachers. I heard about a local school where teachers told their students to make sure they use gender-neutral swear words! It used to…
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Dating & your unborn grandchildren
What’s dating got to do with your unborn grandchildren? Much more than you’d think. It’s become a standard piece of Christian advice when dating someone to ask yourself: “is this…
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Unless Providentially Hindered
I remember our first winter living in the USA, when it snowed heavily one Saturday afternoon. We’d been out enjoying the snow, when we got a phone call telling us…
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Removing the “dating” lane
It’s common for Christians to teach that you should only “go out” or “date” if you have marriage in view. I completely agree. The Bible teaches there is singleness and…
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The most revealing meeting at church
Martin Buber said: “All real meaning in life is in meeting”. What’s the most revealing meeting at church? - Sunday morning? In almost every church I know, the best attended…
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Bursting Christian bubbles
We need to regularly ask God to burst our Christian bubbles. People talk about the “Westminster bubble”. It means politicians and journalists are living in their own world of Westminster,…
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“Non-directive” preaching
It sounds like something straight from George Orwell’s “Ministry of Truth”. But it is in fact language that the Scottish parliament’s equalities committee are using as they explore out-lawing “conversion…
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