Repentance is central to biblical faith. It brings a man into contact with God, friendship with Jesus and true freedom of conscience. Repentance brings refreshment to the soul and delivers us from slavery. Repentance is turning away from sin in order to lay hold of holiness. … [Read more...] about Freedom and Repentance
Life in Christendom
What is the vision of life that we are called to delight in? What does life under the throne of grace look like for families, cats and bankers? Here is my attempt at making some inroads into the beauty of a Christ centred life.
Monuments of Bread and Wine
For many Christians, the meaning of the Lord's Supper has been limited to the idea of remembrance. We hold our breath, muster a contrite heart, and try and remember what Jesus has accomplished through His death on the cross in a way that doesn't get us killed (1 Corinthians … [Read more...] about Monuments of Bread and Wine
Daughters
Our daughters are not free agents. They have a man in their life, and until that man, their father, gives his daughter to another man, he bears a good deal of responsibility for her life. He is not responsible for her sin, but he is, for example, responsible for her purity. In … [Read more...] about Daughters
Authority
If you want to know what is in a man, if you want to know what he is really made of, then you put him into the corridors of power. For this, we have no shortage of examples. We imagine that men like Pol Pot or Stalin were exceptions, and we imagine that if we ever got into the … [Read more...] about Authority
To You and Your Children
One of the problems the church has faced since it first appeared on the scene in Israel is the place and purpose of baptism. And, since the days of Corinth, one of the primary reasons for the confusion is that we always start our conversations about baptism with a conversation … [Read more...] about To You and Your Children