Last weekend I sat down with two pastors to discuss theology. I asked question after question, they answered and also asked my thoughts. It was both educational and refreshing. One was the pastor that discipled me nearly 20 years ago, and the other one was my husband. So while to me it was great conversation and fellowship, it also wasn’t unusual. But after talking to some other Christians I’m discovering just what a privilege it was. Because it would seem many churches and p

I bet at some point you’ve heard someone say, “So-and-so is unforgiving and become bitter.” It’s how it is used today: in English, bitter can mean characterised by intense antagonism or hostility; or resentment. But did you know that’s not what it means in the Bible?

Discover how Oscar Wilde’s classic novel exposes the exhausting trap of performance-based faith, institutional cover-ups, and the true freedom found in the Audience of One.

Is modern tithing actually biblical? Rethink everything you've been taught about the 10% tithe, the Widow's Mite, and what the New Covenant actually says about giving.

Is the modern church equipping Christians to stand firm in the wild, or are we just building stronger cages for perpetual babes?

I was a married with 2 kids before I ever heard a sermon on being a ‘Proverbs 31 Woman’. I didn’t know what the preacher was talking about, not that I had never read the passage, I just never understood it to be something women thought they should aspire to. Not long later my husband jokingly said something about me trying to be more like a Proverbs 31 woman. I (not so) jokingly replied, that seeing her husband provided her with servants, when he provided me with some, I woul

If I asked you to name some missionaries in the New Testament, what would your answer be? Paul, Peter, Timothy. Maybe if you really thought about it you would include Titus, Luke, Silas, and Barnabas. Maybe you’d even get a few more. But did you know that the Bible names over 30 different men and women doing some form of short or long-term missionary work? Over 30 men and women traveling throughout the Mediterranean and beyond for the sake of the gospel: by name; and there ar

To successfully minister cross-culturally, we had to unpack the role of the Law for the Christian and how it is often utilised in Western Christianity.

This is the first in a series of articles that we will publish over the next few months called The Re-thinking Series. The aim is to take a fresh look at a range of topics delving back into what the Bible has to say. In this introductory article we explore the intersection of tradition and the Bible.

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.

Does your church teach doctrine or indoctrinate?