We spent 8 years living in a village in Papua Niugini. It wasn’t remote by Niugini standards, but was totally isolated by Australian ones. There was no electricity, running water, sanitation, hospital, ambulance service, police, or post office. The biggest store was smaller than a typical market stand on a Saturday morning. The village was really just a series of houses made from bamboo and grass, with a creek nearby, surrounded by gardens for food. But the remoteness, isolat

When does a church become a cult? Or perhaps you want to know, "Is my church a cult?" I’m going to try to answer those questions - just not in the way you expect.

You’ve heard of the phrase “the untouchables”. Today we use it to mean the people who get away with corruption. They are people who are above the law and never brought to justice. But did you know it doesn’t only have that meaning?

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 One of the things I have learnt over the years as a Christian is that the devil is subtle. A little lie mixed with the truth. Just enough of a lie to make it not the truth. We’ve become so used to the sinful condition of the world we don’t see the lie mixed in anymore, we think its close enough, but it is only the truth that will

Over the past few years, I have read a large number of belief statements, but I’ve been struck by something that is missing in every single one of them.