Should the sermon or the Lord’s Supper be the focal point of the Sunday meeting? Yes.
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Another Angle on Self-Control
Self-control is not just about learning not to be controlled by our desires, it is also about learning not to allow ourselves to be controlled by other people.
The Church: Prophet, Priest, King
Just as Christ fulfils the offices of prophet, priest, and kings, so his body, the church continues his prophetic, priestly, and kingly work in the world.
‘Our Earthly Rulers Falter’: A Hymn and a Prayer for this Moment in Evangelicalism
English conservative evangelicalism is in crisis. G. K. Chesterton’s honest, insightful, and hopeful hymn gives us the appropriate words for this moment.
Reading Scripture: The Text, the Event, and the Community
Many say that we have to pay first attention to the original audience and the human author to understand the Scriptures. But who are they, anyway? And does that audience relate to the events that they were reading about in Scripture?
What Kind of Witness?: A Case for Churches Staying Open
Covid-19 has forced some tough decisions. A lot of people say closing churches is a way to show our neighbours we love them. But what else might it say? And what might keeping churches open say?
‘The Beautiful Story’ — Four Points for Consideration
The Church of England’s Evangelical Council released a video of sexuality. What might it have missed?
Will the Church of England Redefine Marriage? I Thought It Already Did
Gay marriage is an aftershock: the real shift in the Church of England’s theology of marriage has already happened.
The Apostolic Fathers: A (Very) Rough Introduction
How did the earliest Christians think about leadership, justification, and the eucharist?
Being a Professional Christian
A few thoughts on how live when pleasure becomes business.
