One of life’s great questions is what happens to us when we die? Is there anything beyond this life, or is this all that there is? All of us must face death – both the deaths of people we know and love, and eventually our own deaths. It is a solemn and serious matter. How […]
“This world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through. My treasure lies laid up, somewhere beyond the blue. The saviour beckons me from Heaven’s open door, and I can’t feel at home in this world any more” So goes the old song. But is it true? Is the Christian hope simply that we “go […]
It’s a debate that’s been going on for a long time: can we really trust the Bible – every word? And if it contains any mistakes, can we believe any of it at all? I’ve written a brief article discussing this over on Threads titled The Danger of Pick’n’mixianity but there’s a lot more that could be said. It’s […]
Sipech has written an interesting and thoughtful piece on Uncertainty over on his blog, The Alethiophile. Go and read it, then come back for my thoughts. I largely agree with what he says. It’s important to acknowledge what we can and can’t be certain about, and to be humble about our own interpretations. But I […]
I’ve always been a bit bemused and sceptical about the twin ideas of “masculinity” and “femininity”. For a long time, it just seemed like so many gender stereotypes: Real Men go out into the wilderness to hunt bear with pointy stick; Ladies, on the other hand, like flowers, the colour pink, and fluffy things. And […]
Continuing typing up my notes of the talks from Contagious 2007: The Resurrection, with the second talk which was given by Jonty Alcock. 2: Jesus the Living Sacrifice (John 20) “It is finished” cried Jesus on the Cross. But when we see so much evil and suffering in the world, what is finished? Is it […]
I haven’t updated my blog in a while, but I’m going to try and get back into doing so more regularly, including typing up some of my notes from Contagious 2007: The Resurrection. I’m kicking off with the first “Big Teach”, which was preached by Ian Fry. MP3s should be on the Contagious website at […]
I’ve recently got back home from Contagious 2006: The Cross. Contagious is a Christian youth conference for 14 to 19 year olds – not so much a holiday as a Bible boot camp! I went to Contagious’s very first year back when I was fourteen, and have been back every year since then. This year […]
Sometimes I read the Bible and what I read really jumps out at me as speaking to me about my current worries (see my previous post), and this morning was one of those times. I’m using the M’Cheyne Bible reading plan to read through the Bible in a year. I was catching up on Friday […]
