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Author: Carrie Shaw
peace
Ethics & Justice

Is Peace Even Possible? Thoughts On The Bondi Beach Mass Shooting

Recent events on our own shores further dispel any notion that peace through tolerance and diversity can restrain evil; it cannot. On Sunday, 14 December 2025, a mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney left fifteen people dead and many more wounded. 
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Arminianism
Church HistoryTheology

Arminianism, Atonement, and Annihilation

A recent post by Craig Ireland on Facebook (one of many that have popped up in response to Kirk Cameron's recent shift from eternal conscious torment to annihilation) claimed that "the move to annihilation(ism) is not a random theological glitch. Nor is it an evangelical detour. It is where you eventually land if you start with Arminian presuppositions about the atonement."
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eternal conscious torment
Theology

Is Eternal Conscious Torment Biblical?

Eternal conscious torment is having a moment. Well-known Christians are loudly defending it. Others are denounced as dangerous or apostate for daring to question it. Social media is full of clips insisting that unless you believe in never-ending torture, you do not really believe in the Bible, or in the holiness of God, or in the seriousness of sin.
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Love one another
Discipleship

That’s How They’ll Know (It’s The Way You Love One Another)

Over the past three years, I’ve had the absolute privilege and pleasure of meeting once a week with a group of Christians, for dinner, chats, wine, and Bible study. There is something about eating together that connects people. Sharing food is one of the simplest, most human ways we open our lives to one another.
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the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit

Is The Holy Spirit “On Ice”?

The religious community I grew up in did not (and still doesn’t) believe the Holy Spirit is active today. They would agree that, certainly, the early years of the Christian church were marked by the miraculous, but argue that sometime in the first or second century, it - the Holy Spirit - was essentially “put on ice.”
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gap theology
Jesus

The Problem With Gap Theology | Why Jesus Isn’t A “Top-Up Saviour”

One of the most serious ways grace is misunderstood is what can be called gap theology: the idea that when Scripture talks about grace, it means Jesus steps in when we’ve done all we can, making up the shortfall.
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different churches
Church HistoryYouth

Why Are There So Many Different Churches?

That is a really great question! I’m so glad you asked (let's be real, I'm frothing). I loooove church history and I'm a bit of an info nerd, so I could definitely get wordy on this one. But, I get that it could get overly complicated and confusing, and that what you're probably looking for is a simple-ish answer to a sort of simple-ish question, without all the fluff and faff. So, in the words of Inigo Montoya, "....there is too much - let me sum up:" (ok, I may yap a little, but I’ll try my best…)
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What is the bible about
Youth

What The Flip Is The Bible About Anyway?

Have you ever wondered: what is the Bible about anyway? Like, what’s with all that Old Testament stuff, the strange stories, weird laws; no mixed garments, no shellfish, no pork? (and I do love me a good pork burrito).
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egalitarian christianity
Marriage & RelationshipsWomen & Men

Egalitarian Christianity: A Biblical FAQ

This FAQ offers concise, biblical answers to the common objections to or questions about the egalitarian Christianity - the conviction that men and women share equal authority and calling in God’s kingdom.
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Faith & Life

Deconstruction Isn’t The Flex You Think It Is

Deconstruction has become the modern badge of courage - the mark of someone who prides themselves on doubt and treats scepticism as virtue. And while questioning can certainly be healthy as part of genuine faith, somewhere along the way, we seem to have confused tearing something down with seeing something clearly.
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Egalitarian
Marriage & RelationshipsWomen & Men

The Case For An Egalitarian Framework

I want to make the case for an egalitarian framework. My appeal is not only to those who already accept this framework - I’d love to connect personally with you, if so - but also to the sincere, Bible-believing Christians who don’t - I’d love to change your mind!
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the problem with progressive christianity
Progressive Christianity

The Problem With Progressive Christianity (And It’s Not Small)

I already wrote a little about progressive Christianity back in 2022, specifically in response to a YouTube video I had watched by Brandan Robertson, "noted author, pastor, and public theologian at the forefront of the progressive faith movement." It's a doozy, and it was later taken down. I'd have taken it down, too, if it were me. But since he’s gone on writing and speaking in the same vein, I doubt he’s repented of his awful theology.
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Headship

The Headship Bait-And-Switch

Carrie Shaw October 4, 2026

“The husband is the head of his wife.” It’s a favourite refrain in complementarian circles, particularly when the conversation turns to biblical manhood, leadership, and a husband’s supposed God-given authority

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israel and the church

Israel, The Church, and the Christian Conscience

Carrie Shaw October 10, 2026

What do Christianity and Judaism have in common, if anything? How should the Church understand its relationship with the Israel of today? What responsibilities do Christians have towards the Jewish people? And how should our answers to these questions shape the way we engage in public discourse about contemporary political and social issues?

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