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Believing and belonging

Don't see rules and regulations concerning safeguarding, employment, finance and charities as your enemies. See them as your friends.

With Reference to Psalm 79 and Mark 10 Safer Churches part 4

Romans 10:1-4

Romans 9:30-33

Romans 9:25-29

Romans 9:14-24

Romans 9:10-13

Romans 9:6-9

Romans 9:1-5

Habakkuk shorts 3

Habakkuk shorts

Habakkuk shorts

Song of Songs Part 5

Song of Songs Part 4

Song of Songs episode 3

Song of Songs Part 2

Song of Songs part 1 

Episode 3 of our Safer Churches series

Part 2 of Planting Safer Churches

part 1 on planting and pastoring safer, healthier Gospel churches

A look at Isaiah 56 as we see what it means for the church to be a House of Prayer. A reminder that Christ's welcome is for the outcast and stranger

The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, whilst an amazing spectacle, exposed a gaping hole in our culture

If we want to equip and support urban church planters it will take more than just an alternative to seminary. We need to think about long term support and that includes good literature written by front line practitioners for front line practitioners that is theologically rich, pastorally practical, accessible and affordable.

Why door to door and street evangelism still matter

What does it mean to live in the presence of God and be in Christ? A look at Psalm 91

Can Christian leaders who fall into sin including adultery and abuse be restored. Does John Makr offer an example?

fairness and equality

responding to tragedy

Deut 6 -what it means to live within the boundaries of God's Word

Thinking about "home" for the believer -a look at John 14

What is involved in  church discipline

A Biblical Theology of Easter

John 1:31-51

John1:28-34

John1:19-28

John 1:1=18

In the light of recent high profile cases where church discipline seemed to be misused, what is the Biblical basis and correct approach to this?

Interview with Danielle Treweek, director of Single Minded, We talk about a theology of singleness, singleness and the church, what Single people teach us about God's eternal plan, how churches can be safe places where single people flourish, are blessed and are a blessing

Did constraints caused by the pandemic help the church think creatively about how to do things? What would happen if car use was curtailed on Sundays?

A personal update.  

A Biblical Theology of Law Looking at what it means not just to survive the struggles of life but to be holy in them We discover how Law is rooted in grace

An interview with Ryan Burton King where we talk about 1. Should pastors take sides and speak on political issues? 2. To what extent is the current situation about Spiritual conflict? 3. What is God doing in the situation? 4. What can we learn from Ukrainian believers? 5. How can we pray for Ukraine?

How can we pray for those who cause us suffering?  What are the imprecatory Psalms and how do they help?  What about praying for Putin?

Interview with Elyse Fitzpatrick

If you've not managed to catch it yet, here's this week's Faithroots Podcast to listen to.  We talk about how a church family collectively can experience a form of PTSD due to events in the life of the church. Key things: Causes can include: loss and bereavement including death, the departure of longstanding members or the retirement of a pastor. Other causes might include division and splits, false accusation, abuse and serious sin. A church that has suffered PTSD will see its culture and outlook affected. This might have an impact on tone and content in worship and teaching, relationships within the church and relationships with others. Churches that have been through traumatic experiences may benefit from revitalisation.

How can we pastor our congregations through crisis?

Three stories - Sue Gray's report on party gate is published - Senior civil servant complains about impact on the civil service. -PM smears Keir Starmer over the CPS failure to prosecute Jimmy Saville. What if anything can church leaders learn?

Boris Johnson gets into a spot of bother over birthday cake Thabiti Anyabwile is accused of becoming egalitarian How do we focus on the main thing in a conversation? #faithrootspodcast

In conversation with Jonny Mellor

Mental Health and Spiritual health in the aftermath of the pandemic #FaithrootsPodcast

A look back at 2021 with Dave and Sarah

Part 2 

A look at responding ethically to COVID laws

Our latest Faithroots Podcast looks at the Worldview that underpins the major religions of the world

#FaithrootsPodcast - we need to move from maintenance mode to mission mode. This will need us to plant churches into unreached neighbourhoods. This will require a different type of plant/planter and it will need a different type of training

Weekly #FaithrootsPodcast Are asylum seekers gaming the system and is the church helping them? Does that mean we are "holy fools" What about fake conversions? Can I lose my salvation?

Does the Son submit to the Father? Are modern day theologians Arian heretics? Does it matter

We often treat depression differently to other illnesses. Whilst we expect that not everyone will be healed from physical conditions, we seem to see it as a defeat if someone goes on living with chronic or recurring bouts of mental illness. But is that what God's Word actually says? And if not then how can I live with something that is permanent - or at least long term in a way that is holy?

Some thoughts based on experience and observation

An important question

What causes suicidal thoughts?  Are there other ways in which we can hit the self-destruct button? Is it the unforgivable sin?

What causes depression?

Help for those facing depression

part of a series looking at mental health and wellness

My story

Habakkuk 3:16-19

Habbakuk 3:1-15

Habakkuk 2:5-20 - Learning to hear what God says about us

Habakkuk 2:2-4

Habakkuk 1:12-21

Habakkuk 1:5-11

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Jonah 4

Jonah 3 #TheDailyDose

Jonah 2 #TheDailyDose

Jonah (1) #TheDailyDose

Homecoming 5 (Ruth 4)

Homecoming 4 (Ruth 3)

Homecoming 3 (Ruth 2) 

Homecoming (2) (Ruth 1:6-22) 

Homecoming 1 (Ruth 1:1-5

part 4 of The Grace Driven Church

Part 3 of The Grace Driven Life 

The Grace Driven Church (Part 2) 

Grace Driven Church (part 1)