Jul
22
A friend of mine, who is editor of Stoop Magazine, reminded me of a sermon which Martin Luther King, Jr. preached titled ‘The American Dream‘. But be assured [...]
Jul
19
The philosopher Michel Foucault says that claims to know the truth are always grabs for power. You simply cannot separate truth and power. Behind any metanarrative there [...]
May
28
Jesus loves gays. He does. Some gays don’t believe it. Some homophobes don’t believe it. But it’s true. He loves gays more than gays love gays. He [...]
Apr
22
Who am I? They often tell me I stepped from my cell’s confinement Calmly, cheerfully, firmly, Like a squire from his country-house. Who am I? They often [...]
Apr
21
COOLNESS Coolness is a state. A smoothie. A piece of luxury. A feeling-proof jacket. Une aureole. Coolness is being not affected by anything. Of a state of [...]
Apr
11
John Calvin says that being a Christian is all about Jesus: ‘our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ.’ In other words, when we [...]
Mar
20
How do we win the game? Again we are not playing a solo sport but a team sport. We win, not by entering into our own glory [...]
Mar
19
How do we play the game? We play the game with the recognition that there is really only one person of importance in the stands watching us [...]
Mar
18
Who is picked for the game? God chooses us for his team, we don’t earn our position. In 1 Peter 1:1-2, Peter refers to God’s people as ‘God’s elect… [...]
Mar
17
What position am I playing? We are involved in a solo sport like running or snowboarding. We are playing a game of team sport and there are [...]
Mar
16
How many people play the game? It isn’t only ministers, pastors and those who work for the church who have received spiritual gifts. Rather every Christian has [...]
Mar
15
JI Packer writes ‘For centuries the churches assumed that only a minority of Christians (good clergy and some few others) had gifts for ministry, and they gave [...]
Mar
15
Last night I preached at St Philips on Spiritual Gifts (Charisma) from 1 Peter 4:10. You can find it on the resources page or below. Charisma (1 Peter 4.10) [...]
Mar
6
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Feb
9
While sitting in a Roman prison, the apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians, It was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know [...]
Jan
20
I have posted a new sermon, essay and prayer on my Resources page. Living in Christ’s Story (Faith & Hope) (1 Corinthians) MP3 | Read | Summerfest [...]
Dec
10
Loneliness and God’s Story (Psalm 139) is a sermon I wrote a number of years ago and preached again recently at St Phillips, York Street. You can [...]
Dec
4
From Jesus’ Revelation to John: Kingdom of God Kingdom of Satan Real Trinity Father, Son [Lamb], Spirit 1:4-5 Imitation trinity dragon, beast, false prophet 16:13; 20:10 Real [...]
Dec
3
There are exactly seven blessing/beatitudes in Revelation: 1. Read, hear and keep the words of John’s prophecy Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of [...]
Nov
5
At the new Redeemer Church Planting Centre Blog, Tim Keller reflects on Willow Creek (one of the largest and most influential churches in the world) and the [...]
Oct
1
The ‘theology of the cross’ provides the Christian with a story to live in and die for. ‘The Christian story’, Stanley Hauerwas notes, ‘will not remove the [...]
Sep
18
I am doing some research on Woody Allen and stumbled across this video of him interviewing Billy Graham. Billy is a marvelous example of 1 Peter 2:15: … in [...]
Sep
14
I am currently reading John Frame’s The Doctrine of the Christian Life in preparation for a sermon I am giving at fixchurch (27 Sep) and Christ Church [...]
Sep
9
“Authenticity is the thing consumers respond to the most,” says Diego Scotti, Vice President of Global Advertising for American Express. Jim Gilmore writes: In the Agrarian Economy, [...]
Sep
4
The Birth of Christ is the eucatastrophe of Man’s history. The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation — This story begins and ends [...]
Aug
23
CT Studd, a hero of mine, once said: Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop [...]
Aug
17
The importance of stories is undisputed. Alasdair MacIntyre writes, ‘Deprive children of stories and you leave them unscripted, anxious stutterers in their actions as in their words.’[i] [...]
