In CS Lewis’s “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”, Narnia is under a curse from the White Witch, causing it to always be winter and never spring. The citizens of Narnia lament the fact that spring never comes, but … Continue reading →
Our Western Christianity has very successfully separated Sunday from the rest of the week, or in other words, put God into a box that doesn’t interfere with the things we want to do. This includes how we use money and … Continue reading →
I’ll be the first person to put my hand up and say that I live in my head. I’m analytical, logical and deterministic. Yet I know that I’m missing out on a whole quadrant of knowing. Specifically, the poetic, the … Continue reading →
Have you ever tried to find the right word to describe an amazing sunset, or an experience that left you speechless? The Bible has that problem when it attempts to describe God. El Shaddai, Adonai, Elohim, Jehovah, Yahweh are all … Continue reading →
I recently came across this article that I wrote in 2016, and as it discusses our internal biases, I’ve posted it again. Before I left my home country (New Zealand), I had no idea that I had an accent. I … Continue reading →
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” … or so they say What about the Bible? Is it also in the eye of the beholder? Given the range of interpretations that abound, it seems that the answer is yes. … Continue reading →
I am not a theologian, not even close, but I have thought and read a lot about God, Salvation, Creation, Hell and more, as you can probably tell from my book “Big Questions“. Recently, my wife pointed out to me … Continue reading →
Striving to be faithful to the Bible is very important to most Christians, and for many, it is the easiest way to measure their faithfulness to God. The logic goes like this: I want to be faithful to God, and … Continue reading →
If everything I’ve been taught about God and salvation is correct, how could God be content with such a small percentage of humanity being in heaven? This was a question that I started pondering when I was a teenager. I … Continue reading →
Over the past few years, I’ve been thinking a lot more about the traditional Christian views on homosexuality and the Biblical texts commonly known as “clobber texts” which are used to validate straight Christians and tell LGBTQ+ (Christians and non-Christians) … Continue reading →