"The satanic element in human experience is not the instinctive animal instinct, greatly intensified, but it is evil with a numinous halo: not evil which repels, but evil which fascinates and allures by the magic of its attraction. We should therefore seek for traces of real devilry rather in the sphere of literature and art... Continue Reading →
‘Hold Your Nerve’ – a new year’s day sermon
1st January 2023 (Mk 5:35-43) Today’s Scripture reading is quite deliberate on my part. I’d like us to think about it as the preface to our 2023 Key Verse (Mk. 1:17). Every human being is called by the living God to follow Jesus Christ. We’ll explore what that looks like throughout January. But for now... Continue Reading →
Freedom, Faith & Forgiveness to start 2023
When I was a missionary working in the "Middle East" in 2005, I met Os Guiness on tour of his then, new book, 'Unspeakable: Facing up to Evil in an Age of Genocide'. His lecture that evening was electric, as was the book that I was persuaded to buy. I read it in pretty much... Continue Reading →
“The heretic is a man who loves his truth more than truth itself” G. K. Chesterton on Reading
"The highest use of the great masters of literature is not literary; it is apart from their superb style and even from their emotional inspiration. The first use of good literature is that it prevents a man from being merely modern. To be merely modern is to condemn oneself to an ultimate narrowness; just as... Continue Reading →
Guilty as charged?
Abstract Rhetoric: Schism within Counselling Itself Fourth, an example of what we have just been talking about is the question of whether homosexuality relates to sexual immorality, or whether guilt associated with homosexual practice should be seen in terms of a neurosis generated by a false charge of ‘sexual immorality’ made by society and tradition. Counsellors taking... Continue Reading →
The Ideal Ministry 7/11
In Memory of the 100th anniversary of the death of P. T. Forsyth this year (2021), I will outline his eleven points in the chapter entitled 'The Ideal Ministry' (as printed in The British Congregationalist, 18th October, 1906), in the book Revelation Old and New. 7. The Ideal Ministry: Flexibility of Thought An Ideal ministry must... Continue Reading →
The Ideal Ministry 6/11 (pt. 2)
In Memory of the 100th anniversary of the death of P. T. Forsyth this year (2021), I will outline his eleven points in the chapter entitled 'The Ideal Ministry' (as printed in The British Congregationalist, 18th October, 1906), in the book Revelation Old and New. 6. The Ideal Ministry: A FINISHED GOSPEL (pt.2) Nothing strikes... Continue Reading →
The Ideal Ministry 6/11 (pt. 1)
In Memory of the 100th anniversary of the death of P. T. Forsyth this year (2021), I will outline his eleven points in the chapter entitled 'The Ideal Ministry' (as printed in The British Congregationalist, 18th October, 1906), in the book Revelation Old and New. 6. The Ideal Ministry: A FINISHED GOSPEL (pt. 1) "The... Continue Reading →
The Ideal Ministry 5/11
In Memory of the 100th anniversary of the death of P. T. Forsyth this year (2021), I will outline his eleven points in the chapter entitled 'The Ideal Ministry' (as printed in The British Congregationalist, 18th October, 1906), in the book Revelation Old and New. 5. The Ideal Ministry: POWER in the MESSAGE The ideal... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 