I am currently reading A Public Faith, How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good by Croatian author Miroslav Volf and finding it stimulating. At one point he describes why for many their faith does not produce fruit. He … Read More
The Lord takes care of the birds in the sky! The Lord takes care of us! Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds … Read More
The Christian life is full of challenges and change. We walk a lifelong journey of being changed to be more like Jesus. (2 Corinthians 3:18). Recently at Hope Church we have had a series on recognising and removing idols … Read More
This doesn’t seem to be a relevant topic for today. It conjures up pictures of ancient cultures bowing before statues or of Eastern cultures far removed from Western society. However, it is a topic that occurs throughout the Bible. As … Read More
Around time that I started following Jesus, the late 1970’s, a Bishop in the Church of England retired to the UK having spent decades serving in India. His name was Lesslie Newbigin. His observation was that British society had significantly … Read More
In my previous blog I wrote about the need for Christians to be seeking to play their part in influencing society but doing so in the right way. This is an issue facing many different parts of the church. In … Read More