You remember the Nashville Statement, right? No? OK… Imagine Martin Luther in 1517 when he nailed his 95 theses to […]
Everything wrong with the Nashville Statement: Article 01: the meaning of marriage Read Post »
Firelight, The church and exclusion
A friend recently asked me why I’m still a Christian. She asked because she was having trouble holding onto her
OK, so I know that deconstructing bad tweets on Christian Twitter is often a soul-destroying sport, but hey – this
Actually, sometimes it’s right to say ‘love your neighbour’ more often than ‘love God’ Read Post »
Firelight, The church and hope
This would be that law about the young bride who’s already lost her virginity. Actually it’s not, but I’ll get
John MacArthur was recently asked what he thought of Beth Moore. In addition to telling her to ‘go home’, he
The Old Testament laws on sex, adultery and rape, particularly those in Deuteronomy 22:13–29, are a sensitive topic to say
Why do I care so much about Old Testament laws? (And the rape laws in particular) Read Post »
Deuteronomy 22, Moonlight, My blogging, Rape in the Old Testament
Note: I wrote this in 2019 because there was a debate at the time within Methodism. However, much of what
You’ll get the most out of this post if you first read the previous one. Basically, I went to a
So, last week I heard a man in paid ministry explain why Good Friday is good. I took notes. I
I heard a talk on penal substitutionary atonement; it tainted the ‘good’ in Good Friday Read Post »
Firelight, The church and hope
When I first read the interview in which Christian singer-songwriter Vicky Beeching came out as a lesbian (after a substantial
Evangelicals can’t sanitise Vicky Beeching’s conversion exorcism as badly worded prayers Read Post »
Firelight, The church and exclusion
As I finally come to write reviews of this last cluster of books from 2017 I realise that I’ve probably
Books of 2017: Titles for those who are looking outside the box Read Post »
UncategorisedI read all of these from cover to cover. Only kidding! The themes for 2017’s theological reading seem to have been
Books of 2017: Titles of interest to theology lovers and Bible students Read Post »
Uncategorised1 Corinthians 11:3. Ephesians 5:22. If you’ve been anywhere near the arguments about complementarianism you’ll probably know what these verses
Books of 2017: Titles of interest to egalitarian Christians Read Post »
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With the recent trending of the hashtag #ChurchToo, people are sharing their experiences of abuse in the church. Meanwhile, others
45 reasons why the culture behind #ChurchToo fails to understand consent Read Post »
#churchtoo, Abuse dynamics, Firelight, The church and consent, The church and exclusion
Gary Thomas recently published an article “Does God Care How Many Children We Have?” It’s one of those really banal
Gary Thomas’ claim that Christians should have more children is unbiblical Read Post »
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Dear Nate, I wondered what I should I do when I read your recent post about your sense of lament
An open letter to Nate Sparks on leaving evangelicalism Read Post »
Firelight, The church and exclusion
I was recently asked if the idea of ‘the One’ was biblical and I decided to blog about it as
Is the One True Love biblical? On hope, choice and responsibility Read Post »
Sunlight, The Bible and hope
Nehemiah. The next DVD and discussion series held my Bible study group will be on… Nehemiah. After reading a truly
What? A study on Nehemiah? And The Gospel Coalition wrote it? Read Post »
Firelight, The church and hope
