The environment in which I was discipled as a Christian was one that was very strong on preaching and very good at training up younger men to be preachers. To that end it was also very strong on teaching men (and women) the principles of exegesis and hermeneutics. All of this was galvinised by a […]

Another school year has just started. How can parents help children gain the most from this year’s schooling? Schools build into children’s minds a matrix of facts, experience, interpretation and ideology that shapes belief and behaviour. Children with a biblical worldview filter, arrange, and apply what is learnt to begin to think God’s thoughts after […]

(The Kiwifruit blog would like to welcome our newest blogger, Chris Spark. Chris is a minister at St Barnabas Anglican Church, Fendalton, Christchurch. –Ed) You have probably heard it said: ‘Christianity is a crutch’. People have said this and things like it for quite a while – they usually mean that Christianity is for weak […]

This past weekend I had the humbling privilege to lead a marriage retreat at Howick Baptist church where I serve as the Associate Pastor. I say ‘humbling’, because, other than parenting, there is no other subject which so clearly reveals my own sin. I am currently struggling to think biblically regarding marriage and to put […]