There was a time when kids could play out in the street a lot later. Can we rebuild that society again?
Ah, the old effort, excellence, exclusion dilemma: your level of excellence didn’t meet the standard and you are excluded from participating.
We all owe debts, and the greatest debt we owe is to our king, God himself. It is a debt that we can never repay…
Humans live in the fear of death, despite their denial of this truth. This fear leaks out of us in the way we live our lives.
Jesus wanted to expose the rule-keepers false assumptions, to show him that commandment-keeping was not the way to inherit eternal life.
Our bodies tell us what we need. But so do our souls. There is a hunger in each of us that food cannot satisfy.
There’s an idea in theology known as the ‘two books of God’. Brian Harris argues that there really is a third ‘book of God’ as well.
Just like Vegemite, the rest of the world may find us unlovable… but Jesus loves us. Because we belong to him.
I was so close to buying Taylor Swift tickets – until I forgot my password. We missed out because I forgot one piece of information.
No wonder they weren’t prepared to listen to what Jesus said about the Cross. Because it was the way of humble self-denial…
