Dear Garden… 27 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am

Our Green Manure Crop Cicero claimed that if a person had a library and a garden they everything they needed. I don’t know if Cicero had a family but if he did I am sure he would’ve added them to his...

Facebook Explained: Calvin and Hobbes Style! 25 Aug 2013 | 04:42 pm

I am lost for words… 23 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm

Cliff of ‘Theological Musings‘ (and Logos Bible Software) has posted a link to a response to a rather evocative post outlining ways in which one can spot a liberal seminary (See:Beware of the Liberals...

Abide with me, abide with him. 22 Aug 2013 | 07:08 am

The English hymn Abide with me is one of my favourite worship songs. Every time I hear it I have to hold back tears. I find it moving and deeply spiritual. There is something even more wonderful knowi...

Barth was correct about Bultmann… 21 Aug 2013 | 04:55 am

When he said, ““[As] an exegete…it is impossible to engage him in exegetical discussion. For he is also a systematic theologian of the type which handles the texts in such a way that their exegesis is...

Let us not just tip our hats… 21 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am

I am preparing for Sunday. My text is the well trodden Mary and Martha incident from Luke 10 alongside the abide in me verses in John’s Gospel (ch.15). It occurred to me today as i re-read the Mary/Ma...

What we wish you knew… 20 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am

The Pastor! (Photo Courtesy of Microsoft) I had two friends send me a link to THIS post in which a former pastor expresses eleven things every pastor wishes their church knew about them and their wor...

Believing in Jesus: What Really Matters… 18 Aug 2013 | 03:58 pm

This morning I taught from Matthew 15 (see text below). It is part of my ongoing series based on Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed. This week we began to look  at what it means to love Jesus. Not to just id...

Call to Worship: Psalm 80 18 Aug 2013 | 03:41 pm

May the people of Egypt be in our prayers and close to hearts this coming week. What has happened these past few days is unspeakable. God have mercy on those responsible. Call to Worship – Psalm 80:....

How would Jesus have us vote? 14 Aug 2013 | 05:04 am

Okay so the title is deliberately provocative. I don’t believe Jesus would have us vote one way or the other. The how refers to how we speak and act in regards to political dialogue.  We go to the pol...