Benjamin Swift

Ben is a postgrad theological student at the University of Divinity, a teacher-librarian, and author of the book Beyond the Fish Sticker. He is married to Suellen and has three amazing daughters.

Scars and strength through weakness

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 12 January 2023

My new scar is a permanent physical reminder of human mortality but also, more importantly, of our shared need to remove potentially fatal things from our lives before they seek and destroy us.

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Humpty Dumpty and the doctrine of perfectionism

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 27 April 2020

It is impossible for a human to achieve perfection in this life, to hold ourselves together and live totally devoid of sin.

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Wrestling with forgiveness

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 21 October 2019

The seemingly natural responses to pain brought about by other people can be the most difficult things to wrestle with when it comes to living a Christian life.

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Kindergarten apologetics

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 15 July 2019

How can we best help children to subdivide their grey matter for Christ? Today’s kids are bombarded with more information than any previous generation; will their minds be mapping the truth of Christ or building neural pathways to secular wisdom?

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Lifelong sponges for Christ

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 27 March 2019

The incredible thing about biblical texts is their ability to continually uncover deeper levels of understanding and insight, despite our having heard or read them many times before.

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