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Conflict, A Window
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Continue reading →: Conflict, A WindowConflict is often the context in which faithfulness is revealed.
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South African Christian Art
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Continue reading →: South African Christian ArtAdam & Other Stories is a linocut print by the South African artist Azaria Mbatha (1941–2018), created as part of his series of narrative works drawing on biblical themes. Mbatha’s linocuts are known for their densely patterned, story-filled compositions that reinterpret biblical narratives through a visual language rooted in African…
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Continue reading →: Nuance Is Not Compromise: A Christian Response to Ideological ExtremismA problem I see on both the extreme left and the extreme right of the political spectrum is the loss of nuance. Life, as it is actually lived, is rarely clean or ideologically tidy. It is messy, ambiguous, and full of unresolved tension. It’s less back and white and more…
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The Deep Theological Problems with MAGA Churches
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Continue reading →: The Deep Theological Problems with MAGA ChurchesWhat most concerns me about MAGA preachers is not simply their political posture but the theological weaknesses and distortions beneath it. Political distortions are rarely the cause. They are the symptom. When theology loses its centre in the revelation of God in Christ, it quietly makes space for power, fear,…
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Power and the Powers in a Fractured World
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Continue reading →: Power and the Powers in a Fractured WorldIt feels like the ground beneath us is shifting, doesn’t it? For decades, we’ve lived under what people called a “rules-based order”. A framework that promised stability, cooperation, and some semblance of justice on the global stage. But now, that framework seems to be cracking. Nations are flexing muscles, alliances…
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Modern Judas
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Continue reading →: Modern JudasJudas did not betray Jesus because he was insufficiently religious. He betrayed Jesus because he could not accept the kind of kingdom Jesus announced. Like many in first-century Israel, Judas likely hoped for a Messiah who would restore national greatness, defeat foreign domination, and secure God’s favour for his people.…
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Public Theology After Christendom: An Australian Reflection
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Continue reading →: Public Theology After Christendom: An Australian ReflectionI’ve found myself increasingly uneasy with the way “public theology” is often done, even while remaining convinced that Christian faith can’t retreat into the private or the purely devotional. The unease isn’t about whether Christians should care about public life (we must of course) but about how we speak, what…
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Women Have Always Ministered: It’s A Recovery, Not A Revlolution
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Continue reading →: Women Have Always Ministered: It’s A Recovery, Not A RevlolutionThe story of women in ministry is far older, richer, and more intricate than the modern debates often allow. We tend to imagine a direct line from the New Testament to the present, with long stretches of silence between. But the real history looks more like a tide—ebbing and flowing…
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The Christians and the Pagans: A Song by Dar Williams
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Continue reading →: The Christians and the Pagans: A Song by Dar WilliamsAmber called her uncle, said “We’re up here for the holiday,Jane and I were having Solstice, now we need a place to stay.”And her Christ-loving uncle watched his wife hang Mary on a tree,He watched his son hang candy canes all made with Red Dye No. 3.He told his niece,…
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A Relational Critique of Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology
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Continue reading →: A Relational Critique of Plantinga’s Reformed EpistemologyI have deep respect for Alvin Plantinga and his work in Reformed epistemology. His insistence that belief in God can be properly basic, rational even without inferential proof, pushes back against the rigid empiricism and rationalism that too often dominate Western thought. In this, he reminds us that our minds,…
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