A relationship with God?
(March 12, 2013)In comments to my last post, Ryan has asked some good questions. They deserve a post of their own. (I have altered the order of some of the questions to group them.)
Tag: making disciples
Believing the Bible: the New Testament
(February 26, 2013)This is the tenth in a series of posts on Understanding the Bible in the 21st century. We have seen that the Bible claims to be an authoritative scripture which reveals God. We have also seen that it doesn’t seem to claim to be inerrant or the very words of God himself. So what can […]
Conversion & deconversion statistics
(February 10, 2013)Recently I’ve discussed some stories of atheists who once were christians and christians who once were unbelievers. Here’s some statistics on how religious belief is changing in various countries.
Conversion stories: another part of the picture
(February 9, 2013)I have commented before on people who decide they no longer believe in Jesus (see Atheists who once were christians, Pastors who once were christians, and Why do some christians give up belief?). But this is only one side of the story. At the same time, a significant number of people from a non-religious background […]
Peace and non-violence
(December 17, 2012)Completing my examination of things we can all learn from the Anabaptists, with the core conviction on peace and non-violence.
Spirituality, justice and money
(December 12, 2012)Another core Anabaptist conviction to challenge us all.
Don Richardson: a blast from the past!
(December 1, 2012)Pioneer missionary returns to the Sawi people of West Papua 50 years after his ground-breaking time with them.
I'm a published author!
(November 29, 2012)Or, to be more accurate, I soon will be. It is a phenomenon reported by pollster George Barna, observed by many of us and experienced by some – feeling dissatisfied with church. Not just complaining that something isn’t perfectly the way we like it, or disliking the people, but feeling deeply alienated from the church […]
Learning from Ethiopian kids and their tablets
(November 2, 2012)One Laptop Per Child is a US-based charity which is seeking to create affordable educational devices for use in the developing world. Due to the difficulty in providing and funding teachers in some locations, it has tried the innovative, perhaps crazy, idea of leaving laptop or tablet computers with kids without any instructions. Outcomes have […]
Community & discipleship
(October 27, 2012)Another emphasis and core conviction of the Anabaptists that I believe we can all learn from ….