A Santa we can happily celebrate

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 12 November 2015

At a Christmas Day church service I attended some years ago, the service leader started reading what he thought was a pretty humorous debunking of the “Santa delivering toys to every home on Christmas Eve” story.

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Limited prayer limits evangelism

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 9 November 2015

Prayer is a bit like apple pie, motherhood, and long weekends: everyone is for them! I mean, is there anyone who doesn’t enthusiastically embrace these fine institutions?

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Why the Reformation is definitely not over

  • Mark Gilbert
  • 3 August 2016

It seems that the Pope is soon likely to declare the Reformation, which started with Martin Luther, is over. But Mark Gilbert explains why the Reformation can never truly be over.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh and an open door for the gospel

  • Stephen Leston
  • 2 September 2016

A night at the orchestra caused Stephen Leston to realize that God has created within each of us a longing for eternal life.

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Expecting to repent

  • James Chen
  • 15 August 2018

Are you surprised by your own sin?

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The value of training women for ministry

  • Lauren Driscoll
  • 20 August 2018

Paying women in ministry frees them up for theological training and then working on leadership teams with men. It expresses the richness that you can have in complementarianism.

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In defence of being busy

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 20 October 2015

If I hear one more person—or myself—groan “I’m soooo busy”, I think I might explode. Or wilt. That gripe is getting really boring. Worse, I fear we are groaning about something that’s good.

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The main thing is that God will have his king

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 15 October 2015

You’ve probably heard the old saying “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing”. When it comes to ministry, it’s a useful adage that helps us review and stay on track with what we are doing.

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In light of the Son

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 6 October 2015

When a single idea has dominated a person’s life for nearly thirty years, it doesn’t mean it is necessarily a good or worthy idea. But it probably does mean the person can show you things about that idea that have never even occurred to you.

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A theology of sport: 1 Timothy 4:1-10

  • Sandy Grant
  • 12 August 2016

Is sport an idol? Something good created by God? Something neither positive or negative? Sandy Grant unpacks what Paul teaches us about 'bodily training'.

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