Archive for the ‘Theology’ Category

QA – Christians and Tattoos Introduction As a pastor of a large(ish) church and previously as a youth pastor for over 10 years the subject of Tattoos, and piercings for that matter, is rarely far away. In fairness it goes in fits & starts as it becomes culturally fashionable but today, in our culture, tattoos [...]

It never ceases to amuse me every time I am asked “Is it OK for me to eat Black Pudding as a Christian?” I do wonder if there are bigger issues, more radical things one could ponder … but if it is important to them, then I guess it is something we could look at … I [...]

I am very excited to have booked into the “When Heaven Invades Earth” conference in Tunbridge, Kent this May. Bill Johnson is the Senior Pastor at Bethel Church in Redding, California, where that are seeing what can only be described as amazing and outstanding miracles. What excites me about what I read in books like [...]

Following my recent post on False Prophets the question of The Shack – the book by William P. Young came up. This is question is not straightforward to answer and I certainly would not want to judge the motives of Mr Young’s heart as that is clearly a job for God who alone knows the motives [...]

I value John Piper greatly as a Bible Teacher, Scholar and preacher and found this video response to the question “Does the leading of the Spirit have more authority than the Bible?” really helpful. Published on 16th October 2009 1 Corinthians 12:1-14:40 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 ESV 1  Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you [...]