By clothing His agony in the ancient language of Psalm 22, our Lord Jesus transformed what seemed a cry of abandonment into the opening movement of His glorious victory, revealing that every piercing nail was foreseen in the divine script of the Atonement and inviting us to find a shout of triumph even within our own deepest desolation.
So I was pondering a theological question and plugged this into Gemini AI (googles AI system) – I asked it this question: Please compose a research paper examining whether a believer who has committed a mortal sin can—with “bold assurance”—claim to be forgiven after privately praying the below liturgy I Read more
When we provide consecrated space for celebrations of Islamic religious practice and Quranic recitations that deny Christ’s deity, we are not demonstrating love. We are obscuring the gospel, confusing our witness, and prioritising worldly approval over obedience to Scripture and our own ecclesiastical commitments.
I write this to myself as much as to you dear reader, as a reminder of the perspective we must take through prayer and study. I write this in order that I may be reminded that Christ is sufficient and in Him all things needed are found, by Him all things existing are sustained and through Him all that I am is saved.
For years, I have written in the perspective of an CofE Anglo-Catholic within the Church of England. i have prayed the Rosary, prayed the Angelus etc. Today, I am sharing that I have stopped looking for that anchor within what I believe to be a fast “dying trunk” of the Read more
The Christian faith declares that “in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17), and modern physics unwittingly testifies to this truth. Matter is far stranger than it appears, with atoms mostly empty space and subatomic particles held together by forces calibrated with breathtaking precision. Science can describe this fine-tuning but cannot explain why it holds. Scripture can: the universe coheres because Christ sustains it by the word of his power.
When Jesus invited people to “come and see,” He offered no programme, no strategy document, and no measurable outcomes beyond the transformation of human hearts. In three simple words, Christ extended an invitation that has echoed through twenty centuries of Christian witness. Perhaps the modern Church, with all its well-intentioned structures and initiatives, needs to recover something of this radical simplicity. What might it mean for our congregations to strip back the layers of institutional complexity and simply invite people to encounter the living Christ, just as Andrew and John did on that first extraordinary afternoon?
It’s Not Just Me: The Truth About the Sin That Dwells Within Every Christian who strives for holiness eventually runs headlong into the brick wall of Romans 7. We know what is right, we sincerely desire to do it, and yet, we often find ourselves failing, committing the very sin Read more
When a post-exilic prophet spoke of God’s name being great “from the rising of the sun to its setting,” he uttered words that must have seemed impossible to his struggling community in Jerusalem. Yet today, young people in Britain, America and Europe are returning to churches their parents abandoned, whilst Iranian, Syrian and other Arab Muslims risk everything to worship Jesus in secret house churches across the Middle East. Malachi’s ancient prophecy is unfolding before our eyes in ways that challenge our assumptions about where faith flourishes and who the missionaries really are. This isn’t just history or theology – it’s the story of what God is doing right now, in the most unexpected places, through the most unlikely people.
My dear friends in Christ, this is a question that goes to the very root of our comfort and peace as Christians: If I confess my sins directly to God, am I truly forgiven? The answer is a resounding, joyful Yes! This wonderful truth is a central pillar of our Read more