2017/05 Stand-up For Jesus Are you willing to stand out and stand up for the Lord? It is not easy, and it will cost. 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It is right and proper that we should mark this historic milestone. But perhaps you might be asking, what impact does an

2017/03 Thinking Right in a Wrong Thinking World Recently I read a strange story, a cross between a fable and science fiction. It told of a man who made magic glasses that would enable one to see other people and events as they really were. They were truth glasses. But it seemed that few people really

2014/07 What can I do to help my Minister? In Paul’s epistles he refers to his readers using the following terms: ‘fellowlabours’ (Philippians 4:3), ‘fellowsoldier’ (Philippians 2:25), ‘fellowservant’ (Colossians 1:7), ‘partner’ (Philemon 17), ‘labourers together’ (1 Corinthians 3:9). Such terminology expressed the truth that he, as a minister of the New Testament, did not want

2014/11 Nobody's Perfect It is ironic that the words ‘Nobody’s perfect’ are often used to comfort when they actually condemn. The phrase is often used to excuse some indiscretion in word or deed: ‘Sure, nobody’s perfect!’ And it expresses a solemn truth stated in Scripture: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory

2015/03 What makes Good Church Music? Blogs, books, posts, positions. A Google search for “glorifying God in our music” yields 1,410,000 items, so it is easy to see that much has been (and is being) written about music in worship; nearly everyone has something to say about the topic. Allow me to offer some brief

Having created Adam and Eve, God instituted marriage. Clearly, God intends men and women to get married and stay together for life.

When someone leaves a church, the explanation inevitably goes like this: ‘there was nothing in that church for me. I was getting nothing out of it.’

One person in seven worldwide has a Facebook account. For the Christian, this raises questions. ‘Are these networks the next big mission field or an enormous waste of time?’

When King John, under considerable duress, pressed his royal seal on to the Magna Carta (Great Charter) on 15 June 1215, he could not have predicted that this document would shape our ideas of individual rights and freedoms for hundreds of years to come.

2016/01 A Humble Apology We are seeking to win souls, not just arguments! The idea of respect has taken on a very particular flavour in our present culture. It may be described by the cliché ‘Live and let live.’ In essence, we are all supposedly given the freedom to believe what we want, and to