THEOLOGY & SCRIPTURE
The Church
Not a building or a brand, but a people called out by God.
What is the church, and why does she matter? Explore what Scripture teaches about the people of God: leadership and eldership, baptism and communion, the health and history of the church, and why Christ still calls us to love her.
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Leadership
What Is An Elder?
What does the New Testament actually teach about church elders? Exploring the biblical qualifications, responsibilities and assumptions surrounding leadership and authority in the Church.
What Is The Church?
Belonging, Believing, And The People Of God
Is the church simply a community anyone can join? How Abraham’s faith, Jesus’ call to repent and believe, and the pattern of Acts 2 shape what it means to belong to God’s people.
Church History
Why Are There So Many Different Churches?
How did one Church become so many denominations? Tracing Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant branches through Constantine, Luther and Henry VIII, and what to look for today.
Church History
The Confessing Church Today: Learning From Bonhoeffer In The Age Of Progressive Christianity
How did the German Christians reshape the gospel under Nazism? Comparing their rewriting of Scripture and erasure of Israel with today’s progressive movement, and the call to confess Christ.
What Is The Church?
The Church Isn’t For Unbelievers
Should church be designed around unbelievers? Responding to Brandon Lake’s comments, exploring the purpose of the church, and five ways to keep worship faithful and welcoming.
Church Health
When Faith Heals: Recovering From Spiritual Abuse – Part 2
Can faith heal after it has been used to harm? A guide to recovering from spiritual abuse, when church reform is possible, the Spirit’s healing work and stepping back into community.
Church Health
When Faith Hurts: Recognising Spiritual Abuse – Part 1
How do you know if a church or leader is spiritually abusive? Drawing on Wycliffe, the Reformation and Galatians to name red flags of control and point back to Christ alone.
Baptism & Communion
Believer’s Baptism
Who should be baptised, and why? Exploring John the Baptist, Acts and Romans 6 on repentance, full immersion, infant baptism and the call to ‘get up and be baptised’.
What Is The Church?
Loving The Church
Can you follow Jesus but give up on his church? Exploring John 13, 1 Corinthians 12 and the body of Christ, and why healing and belonging are found together in community.
Church Health
Lessons From The Seven Churches
Was the early church really a golden age? Walking through Jesus’ messages to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea in Revelation 2–3.
Church HealthLeadership
Without The Applause: Examining Celebrity Culture In The Church
Do you need a platform to serve God? Examining Christian celebrity and social media fame, and recovering the priesthood of every believer and the sufficiency of Jesus.
What Is The Church?
What The Church Is (And What She Isn’t)
Who really makes up the church, and why does she matter? Exploring the universal Church as Christ’s bride, her flaws, her unity across divides, and her gospel purpose.
Church Health
Beneath The Skin
Has the modern church lost its radical heart? Tracing the early Jesus movement, Roman emperor worship and the rise of Constantine to ask what Christianity really looks like today.
Baptism & Communion
The Night Before Tomorrow | Communion
How did Passover become the Lord’s Supper? Imagining Jesus’ final meal with his disciples and exploring the new covenant, the bread and wine, and the call to love one another.
Baptism & Communion
The Parallels In Communion
What does the Passover have to do with the Lord’s Supper? Tracing slavery, the sacrificial lamb, Moses the deliverer and the Red Sea crossing through 1 Corinthians 10.
Church History
Traditions: Good Or Bad?
Should Christians keep traditions or let them go? Looking at Mark 7, Colossians 2 and Paul’s letters to weigh the beauty of tradition against rituals that replace a heart for God.
Church Health
Avoiding Church Burnout
Are you exhausted by church commitments and guilt? Recognising the signs of church burnout, with Matthew 11’s promise of rest and practical tips for healthy boundaries.
