I have been watching some of the discussion around the passing of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill. And it did make me ask- why would you want to be a Christian, and especially a Christian who holds traditional biblical ideas about identity and marriage? To be honest, I have wondered that in despair […]

Some time ago I wrote a reflection after I had fallen into sin in a way I was frustrated with. Because many of us fall into this, I have finally decided it might be worth sharing, as something of a reflection on our sin, and the hope we have of coming through it. Here it […]

The other day I was reading an outstandingly honest and enlightening interview with Vaughan Roberts about being a minister who experiences same-sex attraction (thanks for pointing that out to us Dave!). As I read it, something jumped out at me. At one point Vaughan said that his same-sex attraction was not fundamental to his identity. […]

There is nothing worse than a joke where the punch line is given away too soon. And when you know the end of a mystery thriller movie, it really takes some of the zing out of your viewing experience. New Zealand has just seen the end of the visit of Dr Darrell Bock, an eminent […]

Is faith believing something without any evidence? Or is evidence related to faith? That can be a tricky question. But John 20, the famous account of Doubting Thomas, is a great example of how reading scripture really carefully can help us get some clarity on tricky questions like this. This passage is often presented as […]