Sacred Musings
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Losing faith in denominations
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Why I can’t join a church denomination right now In my previous post I looked at the problems with seeing church in institutional terms. In this post I’d like to zero in on the question of church denominations. Denominations have…
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When is a church not a church?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! There is nothing more toxic to faith than a hollowed-out institutional church The last few years have revealed and made clear a lot of things which were previously hidden or obscure. One of those things has been that almost everybody…
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Revival: 'be careful what you wish for…'
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Are Christians prepared for the reality of what might happen if God shows up? Over the last few years I’ve noticed a great interest in revival. Everyone is talking about it. A lot of Christians have noticed that the Western…
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The collapse of the moral universe
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Lessons from a 20th century British police TV drama One of the things I like about blogging / podcasting is that inspiration often comes from surprising places. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had in mind to write…
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The safeguarding heresy
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! We must resolutely reject safeguarding to be a healthy, Biblical church Over the last year or so I have thought and written substantially about safeguarding. In this post I would like to bring this to some kind of conclusion (at…
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The church must stop paying lip service to Biblical authority
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Why have the heirs of the reformation undermined the authority of Scripture? If you have been following my work for a while, you will know that I am fascinated by the history of the 16th century reformation. One of the…
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Safeguarding and power dynamics
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Churches will never get safeguarding right without a culture change In my previous post, I talked about whether the church is going to learn the right lessons from what happened with Soul Survivor / Mike Pilavachi. What I’d like to…
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‘Emergent’ Conspiracies – Podcast 125
Is every conspiracy intentionally created? Or is it possible for conspiracies to be, in a sense, ’emergent’? In this podcast we look at this issue from a Christian perspective, with a case study on mass migration. Is there a Christian insight on conspiracies which we can apply to them all? Find the podcast on my…
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Will the church learn ANYTHING from Mike Pilavachi?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! The church is in danger of learning all the wrong lessons Two weeks ago, Matt and Beth Redman released a documentary called “Let There Be Light”. It’s all about what happened with Mike Pilavachi – how Mike was able to…
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Greeks, gifts, and the “Free” PsyOp – Podcast 124
In this podcast we look at the price of “free”. What do we lose when so many things on the internet to us are offered for “free”? Who is really in control? Was this intentional? What can we do about it? Alternatively check out the audio podcast. Links