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S1E3: On the accident of distance

Let’s be honest: most days, life feels less like a serene walk with God and more like trying to assemble a particularly fiddly piece of flat-pack furniture while the instructions are being chewed by the dog and you’ve misplaced the allen key.

In the relentless bustle of modern family life, the notion of “quiet time” can feel like a bit of a tall order. For a tired mother or father, the distance between the kitchen sink and the “quiet conversation of prayer” can feel like a very long way indeed…

By Titus One Nine, ago

Finding freedom in the Father’s gaze

We often treat the sudden exit of Ananias and Sapphira as a terrifying divine audit, yet it is actually the ultimate cure for our modern obsession with spiritual stage-management. Their tragedy was not a matter of a lightened purse but a heavy heart that was far too preoccupied with the fickle applause of the gallery. By pretending to be more holy than they truly were, they missed the profound rest of being fully known by a Father who sees every secret. When we finally stop performatively tidying the cupboards of our souls, we find a love that requires no filters.

By Shaun Turner, ago

Finding our way home

In the relentless bustle of modern life, we often find ourselves drifting away from the quiet conversation of prayer. While our humanness creates a sense of distance, the heart of the Gospel reveals a Father who does not wait for an apology but runs to meet us with open arms.

By Shaun Turner, ago

A game of Divine I-spy

Finding Jesus in the Old Testament Reading the Old Testament without looking for Jesus is a bit like trying to assemble a complicated piece of flat-pack furniture whilst ignoring the instructions and the illustration on the box; you might eventually produce something that stands upright, but you will almost certainly Read more

By Shaun Turner, ago

Holy sweat and the joyful agony of prayer.

Let us be honest with one another: prayer is often rather harder than the hymnbooks suggest. We have all been there – starting a prayer only to find our minds have wandered to the shopping list. If this sounds familiar, take heart. You are not a failure; you are simply human. In Colossians 4:12, we meet Epaphras, who was ‘always struggling’ in prayer. The Greek word is agonizomai – the root of our word ‘agony’. But this wasn’t mere suffering; it was an athletic contest, a wrestling match in the arena of intercession. Discover why there is profound joy to be found in the holy sweat of persistent prayer…

By Titus One Nine, ago

What accord has Christ with Belial?

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.

By Shaun Turner, ago

“Only say the word”

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.

By Shaun Turner, ago

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