Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! If the church is to survive it must re-learn what it means to put God first. The other day I was watching an interesting interview with Louise Perry and Liz Oldfield. It was an enjoyable conversation, but by the end…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! We don’t need proportional representation; we need to reboot the concept of democracy itself There’s been a lot of talk recently about how democracy is in decay. A lot of people have recognised that democracy isn’t working as it should.…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! The church needs to cast a positive vision for the future, not try to go back to a time which no longer exists Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…