SOW WHAT? The Parable of the Weeds and Wheat and its Missiological Implications
Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was...
The Smell and Sent of Mission
My wife and I had been away for over two weeks. Arriving back at our home, I opened the door only to be greeted by an utterly revolting...
"Do You Want to Get Well?"
In 2010 thousands of people a day made their way to a dried-up and polluted lake in eastern India about 70 kilimetres south of Kolkata....
A Cliffhanger of a Story
In Luke’s Gospel (4:14-30) we come across the graphic account of how Jesus so infuriated the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that they...
Christian Selfies
These days it’s common to see people taking selfies. Sometimes they use selfie sticks and these can be very long. We might say that such...
The Golden Rule: Fool's Gold?
In his book Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis stated that the Golden Rule “is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be...
Living Securely in an Insecure World
“Living securely in an insecure world” was the theme of SIMWorld 2014, the annual SIM NSW conference. Phill Marshall shared some biblical...
Lost in Wonder or Lost in Space?
John Piper says people don’t go to the Grand Canyon to boost their egos. I get his point but I’m not sure that’s totally correct. You’ve...
Is there a Christian Culture?
GOSPEL CULTURE There is a special word we use for crossing or mixing incompatible things - syncretism. Syncretism is dangerous. One of...