What is Lent? Honestly, before I wrote this article, I didn’t actually know. Was it a second chance at self-denial since, by now, most of us would have messed up our New Year’s...
For the first time in my life, I believe with all my heart and soul that God is good. Not the fleeting “God is so good” when a prayer is answered. Nor the reluctant “God I choose...
When my church leaders decided we should teach Deuteronomy to our cell groups, many of us groaned in horror. Deuteronomy is one of the books we try to avoid reading as Christians, let alone teach it....
When we ask questions about the Bible, we often learn more about God through those questions. But what do you do when you have a question, and the more you read about it, the less it makes sense? For...
At some point, we will grapple with what we think about physical healing – if not for our own, then for someone else’s. “Do we pray for healing? How do we pray? How do we know if God...
“Language opens up the non-present to our present.” My lecture on the philosophy of language ended with that statement. How beautiful that humans get to share language, and through it, have the...
“I don’t think I can go to church with you,” I remember my friend telling me as we were walking back from school. “I’m not holy enough.” “I can’t...
“The reason I stopped attending prayer meetings is that I don’t really feel a connection with God and people. I don’t see any fruit from all the praying,” a friend told me on the way home...
Though I’ve been a Christian for many years, I’ve still struggled with being self-centred and proud. At times, even more so than I realise. Some days, this truth grips my heart with guilt...