Lionel Windsor

This unity (Ephesians 4:2–3)

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

In the classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the King of Swamp Castle issues an appeal for unity. The King is in the middle of holding a wedding for his son. Sir Lancelot has just turned up, stormed the castle in a mistaken rescue mission,…

Christian Living Ministry

Christ’s body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Are you a Roman? That is, are you the kind of person who really cares about organisation, strategy, pragmatics, and getting things done? The Roman Empire was famous for those things. And so the Romans ruled the world (or at least the Mediterranean…

Christian Living

Prayer: What are we actually doing? (Ephesians 1:15–16)

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

“A Muslim, a Jew and an Anglican Minister walk into a classroom”. This was the advertising blurb for a local Community College seminar I participated in a few years ago. I joined a Muslim educator and a Jewish academic (who is also a friend…

Christian Living

Christ: Up there and down here (Ephesians 4:8–10)

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

In late August 2005, “one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history” ravaged the southern coast of the nation. Hurricane Katrina brought about destruction on a vast scale. Winds of up to 280 km/h and a 9-metre storm surge caused…

Christian Living

The blood that brings us close (Ephesians 2:11–13)

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Every so often, I go to a local community college to watch Israeli films with some of my Jewish friends. Recently, we watched a film called A Borrowed Identity. It’s a beautiful film, based on a touching memoir by popular Israeli Palestinian…

Christian Living Evangelism Ministry

The “new normal” and the same old story: Evangelism in a virtual world

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

“I just want to see my friends!” This was the frustrated—and completely understandable—cry from one of our teenagers as we entered another week of isolation with no clear end in sight. Although these friends had been chatting (and…

Christian Living Doctrine

My afflictions, your glory (Ephesians 3:12–13)

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

As Paul writes Ephesians, he can see there’s a crisis approaching. He’d often written letters when groups of believers faced crises. Sometimes, the crisis involved false teaching. Sometimes, it was persecution. There had also been moral…