Ministry

The following is an edited transcript from the Nexus 2023 Conference An uneasy relationship with the Scriptures As we start to explore what it means to tremble at God’s word, I want to suggest that our relationship with the Scriptures as God’s…

Paul’s first letter to Timothy is full of goodness. Terms for ‘good’ appear 25 times in the letter. That should lead us to expect that 1 Timothy would bring us delight, joy, peace, and satisfaction in God’s goodness. But when we come to read or teach…

We know a glorious God. A God worth trembling before. Look at the opening words of Isaiah 66: Thus says the Lord: ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool…’ A king who uses our planet, all 5.9 sex­tillion tonnes of it, as a footstool. This…

During the lead up to the same-sex mar­riage plebiscite in 2017, I remember being surprised at the number of Christian peo­ple in my own circles who could confidently say ‘I know what the Bible teaches about homosexuality’, whilst at the same…