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Shortest summary of feminism ever
Many thanks to all those who have already signed up as partners to The Payneful Truth! I’m hugely grateful for the encouragement and the support.
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5 years, 8 months ago
The heavenly congregationalist
Today: a final post in this mini-series about church and apostolic ministry; plus my ‘partner’ scheme is now up and running (see details at the end).…
5 years, 8 months ago
Essential Services Pt 3: Back to church
So far we’ve talked about the big why of Christ’s heavenly church, and the local purposes that this generates for us as members of that cosmic gather…
5 years, 8 months ago
Essential Services Part 2: Think cosmic, act local
In last week’s post, we started to look at the essential why of church, and came to the conclusion that the key purpose of a local congregation lies …
5 years, 9 months ago
Essential services: Part 1 — The why of church
In recent times, dictionaries have gotten into the habit of giving an award to the ‘word of the year’. It provides some motivation, I suppose, to all…
5 years, 9 months ago
The power of reading … slowly
Some things are best done quickly.
Being reconciled with someone, for example (Matt 5:23-25); or putting some distance between yourself and idolatry …
5 years, 9 months ago
Uncovering the principles in our pragmatism
As churches consider what to restart, discontinue or create from scratch post-coronavirus, how pragmatic should we be in our decisions?
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5 years, 9 months ago
George Floyd and the Problem of Goodness
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George Floyd and the Problem of Goodness
Since last week’s ‘worthless cockroach’ post, I…
5 years, 9 months ago
Dear Worthless Cockroach
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Dear Worthless Cockroach
I hope you don’t mind me following up our conversation wi…
5 years, 10 months ago
Teaching, training and why we need both
One of the central claims of The Trellis and the Vine was that Christian ministry is founded not only on preaching and teaching, but also on training…
5 years, 10 months ago