Getting the Cart and the Horse in the Right Order
No, mission isn't the highest priority for the church, whatever the inspirational posters say....
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If You Want To Understand Mission, Look At Facebook
Why world mission is like Facebook, but without the cat videos. ...
Leadership Isn’t What You Think It Is
Leadership comes with massive privileges, but it isn't all about exciting times planning for the future. It involves hard grind, some extremely difficult situations and a bucketload of responsibility....
May You Live In Interesting Times!
To steal a phrase form somewhere or other, we need strong and stable government and that means a government which listens, learns and takes in advice from across the spectrum....
The Seed of the Church
Christian martyrs don't go out in a blaze of crazed violence lashing out at others. Like their master, they don't respond to violence with violence, but through selfless love they point to the one who...
An Open Letter to Politicians – Who Won’t Read It
If your party wins the election, but, in the process, alienates more voters you will have done us a huge disservice....
There Is No Such Thing as A Literal Translation
Let's stop using the word "literally" when we talk about Bible translation; it literally makes my blood boil!...
Books I Have Read: The Disruption of Evangelicalism
An excellent book from an excellent series. If you want to understand evangelicalism today; you have to understand where it came from......
Missionary Sayings: Bibles, Maps and the Will of God
When what William Carey said isn't what we understand....
Trails, Hills and Tired Legs: A Running Obsession
The story of a developing obsession and a fond farewell to my playground. ...