Righteous rich, unrighteous poor?
Is there such a thing as a righteous rich person, and conversely an unrighteous poor? Is it that all poor people should be treated as...
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- Apr 7
- 5 min
I hate charity: why justice matters
I hate charity. Not when I’m giving: when I’m giving, I love charity. It makes me feel better about myself, because I have done something...
- Mar 11
- 9 min
The evangelical interest in idolatry
A few weeks ago I came across these tweets by Sophie Killingley, @PrettySophieK, 9th Feb 2024: 1) The Evangelical urge to view everything...
- May 29, 2023
- 9 min
Turning the other cheek
I have had reason recently to reflect on my own assertiveness and how this fits with Jesus’ injunctions to turn the other cheek, go a...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 5 min
Evangelicals and Social Action: a book review
Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 8 min
God and Government: a book review
God and Government Edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin Foreword by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Published by London:...
- Sep 13, 2022
- 8 min
When leadership isn't serving
I have often wondered about the passage in Acts where the apostles appoint seven leaders to specifically oversee the distribution of food...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 9 min
Individualism left and right
One of the things that I have been thinking about a bit over the last few years is the balance between individualism and collectivism in...
- May 23, 2022
- 10 min
The Least, the Last and the Lost should include the long-term unemployed
I was recently recommended Mez McConnell’s latest book, The Least, The Last and The Lost (I think that’s the right order!). Church Action...
- May 7, 2022
- 10 min
Poverty is not an individual choice, and that's not a Marxist idea
“There is no presumption in Scripture that if a person is poor it was because of injustice Now, we do see in Scripture, especially in the...
- Apr 10, 2022
- 9 min
The mission of Jesus: a response to Greg Koukl, part 2
Last time I posted the first blog of my response to Greg Koukl’s conversation with Dr Sean McDowell about the mission of Jesus. I queried...
- Mar 27, 2022
- 10 min
Is Jesus a social justice campaigner?
This morning I started listening to Dr Sean McDowell with Greg Koukl about ‘what was the mission of Jesus?’, based on Koukl’s 2021 book,...
- Mar 7, 2022
- 8 min
Standing to worship: why it matters
We think that we have an emotion, and our body then responds with the appropriate physiological response. One of my psychology lecturers...
- Feb 28, 2022
- 6 min
Standing to worship: does it exclude disabled people?
Yesterday I came across this tweet from Heather Renee Morgan, @H_R_Morgan: “"Stand if you are able" isn't the inclusive statement people...
- Feb 16, 2022
- 4 min
Money: its actions, not attitudes, that matter
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the relevance of our ‘attitudes’ to things in Christianity. It’s fairly common, at least in my...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 8 min
Love always trusts: when racism isn't.
My church currently runs weekly evening sessions where we get to discuss or hear about slightly ‘wider’ issues or perhaps one might say...
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Wealth is deceitful
I was interested today in the contrast between the sermon preached at my church today and that preached two weeks ago. Today, the speaker...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
Reflections on gardening: sin and relationship
I love gardening. I love sitting on the ground in the sun removing weeds, dead-heading flowers or re-training a clematis. I love pruning...
- Jan 10, 2021
- 3 min
Review: Neither Poverty Nor Riches, Part 1
This morning I started reading the book Neither Poverty Nor Riches by the American Craig L Blomberg. I can’t tell you how refreshing I...
- Jan 3, 2021
- 4 min
Types of undeserving poor
This is the third of three blog posts triggered by the book, The Myth of Undeserving Poor, which I recently finished reading. If you read...
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