Sowing seeds for an angry God
The seeds of an Angry God theology were sown early in my life and they came in the form of cartoons — the infamous gospel tracts by J.T. Chick. With titles like This Was Your Life, Somebody Goofed, The Awful…Read More→
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Wishful thinking or blessed hope?
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of…Read More→
Naming the whirlwind: The key characteristics of movements
It is perfectly true to say that most groups that have impact on either a local, national, or international level almost always begin with a form that sociologists call a movement. That is, there are some common characteristics that mark…Read More→
Heaven is raining down hope for a New Year
Somewhere in the heavens a giant reservoir holds an ingredient essential to life: hope. In fact, heaven is saturated with hope and it rains down upon us. In the 21st century “hope” is simply the poetic version of wishful thinking….Read More→
The shame of loneliness
I am prone to feelings of loneliness. It’s not because I’m single, I’m quick to add I realise. I used to feel this way even when I had that “special someone” in my life. I feel it when I am…Read More→
God’s gift pulls us from our suffering
Some years ago our family received a letter from an elderly great-aunt in Russia, a woman nearing 100 who had lived through the Soviet years. She and her husband were among the many exiled under Josef Stalin, who lost their…Read More→