Cross-ed.

So Voxo gave me the almost certainly impossible yet irresistible (at least to me) challenge of talking about what ‘actually happened at the cross’.  I’m not entirely sure what Voxo is requesting, and the cross is an area too big to capture, especially in one post but here is what i’ve been thinking about [...]

Just as if I’d never sinned… or is it?

A few months ago I was given the task of writing a talk on what it is that gives me confidence as a child of God.  ‘How can I be sure God looks on me with a smile?’ they asked.  I thought, ‘this is easy, I know this one, this is the one about [...]

surrendering to the horrible belief that God loves us anyway.

“…what’s most amazing to me,” the pastor said… “is that Jesus comes to people like us. Cowards, liars – even mother mockers! And entrusts us with the kingdom of God, with carrying the message of peace. We get that peace too, when we surrender to the horrible belief that God loves us anyway.” [...]

girls who love boys who love girls…

From the film “Lars and the real girl”:
Lars Lindstrom: How’d you know?
Gus: How’d I know what?
Lars Lindstrom: That you were a man
Gus: Ahhh. I couldn’t tell ya.
Lars Lindstrom: Was it… okay, was it sex?
The other week zoomtard was givin it socks and I learned a lot.  But one of the things that it got me [...]

Juilet Turner

So tonight i got to hear the wonderful Juliet Turner live in Chester, (which incidently is alright but doesn’t hold a candle to sweet maynooth).  I forced my friend to buy a cd just so we could meet her (let’s hear it for pizza rach not pizza and wine!).  I have an intense fear of [...]

the what and how of discipleship?

I have been debating this question a lot lately and i need help.  One friend says that discipleship is defined by Jesus in Matt 28 – ‘…teaching them to obey everything i have commanded you.’  If this is what discipleship is then logically the how of discipleship is simply the study of scripture where we [...]

burning or building bridges?

You may recognise the above picture known as the ‘bridge diagram’ (although my artistic skills have made this version particularly unique).  This simple diagram is often used among the evangelicals in order to communicate the gospel.  Ideal for those situations where your friend or even a stranger asks you how the separation between them and [...]

do we still grow in heaven?

A SNIPPET OF A DAY INSIDE MY HEAD…
“I wonder what hell is like?  Not what it is like, but what would I be like if i were there?
I wonder if Lewis is right, that i would become an eternal horror that i couldn’t imagine in my worst nightmare?
Or what if I was just me as [...]

my torment is laid to rest

dissenterdan i wish you’d just said that about 6 weeks ago, it’d have saved me a lot of trouble and heartache!  thanks for your comment, i am giving it it’s own space so that the issue is cleared up without me having to write about this ever again! (i’m only partly joeking).
Dissenterdan said: “Hey. enjoyed [...]

is there a case for worship?

What they say is true… alcohol leads only to trouble: tonight zoomy and neuro came round with the beers and it all ended in a big stimulating conversation about worship – we should have known.
Anyway it’s got me thinking and i need your thoughts. OK preface – before you all go off on one [...]