Tag Archives: Church life

Disagreeing Well: Unity Without Uniformity

In an age shaped by hot takes, comment threads, and quick exits, we have forgotten how to disagree well. Too often, disagreement is treated as disloyalty. Someone else’s view is no longer just another view, instead it becomes a threat. A secondary issue becomes a dividing wall, and before long, distance replaces dialogue. But healthyContinue reading “Disagreeing Well: Unity Without Uniformity”

Navigating Faith: Books for Today’s Christian Questions

In every generation (at least in modern times) Christians find themselves asking the same deep questions: Why do I suffer? Why do my children wander? How do I know the real Jesus? How can I grow? What does faithfulness look like in the quiet, unseen places of church life? Some of the recent books thatContinue reading “Navigating Faith: Books for Today’s Christian Questions”

The Church and the Mental Health Conversation: What’s Helpful, What’s Unhelpful, and How the Gospel Brings Deeper Healing

In recent years, the mental health conversation has moved from the margins to the mainstream. Anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, and loneliness are no longer whispered about—they are discussed in podcasts, pulpits, classrooms, and coffee shops all over the place. That’s not all bad. In many ways, it’s a mercy. It can often mean that peopleContinue reading “The Church and the Mental Health Conversation: What’s Helpful, What’s Unhelpful, and How the Gospel Brings Deeper Healing”

Responding to Moral Failures in Church Leadership

It has become a sadly familiar pattern. A well-known Christian leader—perhaps a pastor, author, conference speaker, or ministry founder—falls into serious moral sin. The news spreads quickly, reactions follow just as fast, and the Church is left reeling once again. For many believers, these moments are deeply unsettling. For some, they provoke cynicism or disillusionment.Continue reading “Responding to Moral Failures in Church Leadership”

Is God Still Angry at Sin After the Cross?

Is God still angry at sin after the cross? Few questions cut closer to the heart of the gospel than this one: If God poured out his wrath on Jesus at the cross, is God still angry at sin today? Behind the question are pastoral concerns (How does God look at me when I fail?), theologicalContinue reading “Is God Still Angry at Sin After the Cross?”

Reviving Solid Preaching in Modern Churches

There’s a strange irony in the church today: we have more access to sermons, podcasts, commentaries, and theological resources than any generation before us, but we may be the most starved for solid preaching. At the same time, we have shelves full of the writings of the Puritans, Reformers, and faithful saints of old, andContinue reading “Reviving Solid Preaching in Modern Churches”

Do the Miraculous Gifts Still Exist Today?

Few questions stir as much discussion within churches as whether the “miraculous gifts”—such as prophecy, healing, and tongues—continue today or not. Many believers hold strong convictions either for cessationism (the view that some gifts ceased with the apostolic age) or continuationism (the view that such gifts continue). Yet the Reformed tradition has always sought toContinue reading “Do the Miraculous Gifts Still Exist Today?”

Why Local Pastors Should Preach Consistently

When you go to the GP (in a lot of the UK anyway) most doctor’s surgeries have multiple doctors. Having multiple doctors is fine, until you never see the same doctor twice for the same issue, it means that you’re often explaining the situation over and over again and getting different approaches to treatment. MostContinue reading “Why Local Pastors Should Preach Consistently”