Sometimes I think I really am quite brilliant. I have moments when I can just see and everything just seems so obvious. Perhaps it's a function of watching too much "Mentalist". The temptation to think that I'm Patrick Jane and that by having such a brilliant mind and extraordinary powers of perception I can just... Continue Reading →

“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.’ Then Abram gave him a tenth of... Continue Reading →

I have had a bit of a break from blogging and Facebook because I think my phone has changed me. I don't mean I've been changed dramatically in the last few months but rather I think over years my phone has changed the way I view myself in relation to other people, and not in... Continue Reading →

I was reading this morning about Paul's concern for some of the Christians in Thessalonica. What interested me was the apprehension that he felt about how they were doing, particularly whether yet were keeping going in the faith. “But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your... Continue Reading →

Every so often I come across an idea, a doctrine, a piece of Christian thinking that I may know by name and may even have read a little bit about but have failed to substantially engage with in a meaningful way. Recently in a conversation a friend asked me what I thought about "Union with... Continue Reading →