Faithfulness in a sexually fluid world

Many will have noticed the media fuss caused by an Instagram post by Israel Folau, the Australian rugby international. He posted on his public Instagram account: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Israel Folau (@izzyfolau) on Apr 10, 2019 at 1:18am PDT You may well question the wisdom of […]
Christian, what does God think of you?

How am I meant to feel as a Christian? You can go to an evangelical church on a Sunday and be told: “Christian, you are loved by God, no matter what you’ve done. God could not love you more than he does.” You can go to another evangelical church and be told: “You’re a wretched […]
Four Reasons Every Church Service Needs a Time of Confession

I don’t get out much. That is, I’m a church pastor and so I don’t get to visit lots of churches that frequently. So when I had a sabbatical a couple of years ago, I took the opportunity to attend a number of different churches. There was lots that I loved and I learned from […]
Using holiday time to plan your time

For most of us, there is no end of demands on our time. So you have to make time to work out how best to use the time you do have. And you need to do this regularly. An annual “state of the nation” is a sensible thing to do, because commitments will vary over […]