When a fellow believer is going through a tough time it is tempting to offer some sort of reassurance: All too often that comes out something like; “I’m sure you’ll be fine” or “I’m sure the doctor’s got it wrong” or “she’ll be right”. And to be honest I think most recipients of such “reassurance” […]

I’ve recently read a great old book, and I want to recommend it to you. The book is by a guy called Athanasius it was written in the fourth century and it is called “On the Incarnation.” The writing of Athanasius is very good in itself, but the edition published in 1944 by St Vladimir’s […]

If there is one thing I see as being key to church, it is functionally believing that the Bible is the Word of God. That is to say, in their heart of hearts actually believing that the scriptures are breathed out by God and useful for correcting, rebuking and training in righteousness so His people […]

This billboard in Napier is stirring up an awful lot of media hype. How ought we respond to this as Christians? Here’s a pretty well reasoned response from Mark Keown from Laidlaw College. Without even commenting upon the theology behind the billboard, I can see that this church is indulging in the style of tabloid […]

An observation of mine with regard to the internet age is that we have an awful lot of information at our finger tips. I’m not that old but I still remember the days before computers were widespread. We had a Pears Cyclopedia in our front room, that was always my first port of call for […]