FAITH & CULTURE
Christianity & Culture
The gospel isn’t just for Sunday.
How should Christians think about the culture around us, and how do we engage it with both conviction and grace? Explore biblical thinking on faith and public life, the Church’s relationship with Israel and the Jewish people, and what it looks like to bear faithful witness to Jesus in a post-truth world.
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Israel & Antisemitism
Israel, The Church, and the Christian Conscience
Has the Church replaced Israel? Exploring Marcion, Paul’s olive tree in Romans 11, supersessionism and Bonhoeffer’s stand against the Aryan Paragraph, and what this means for the Christian conscience.
Israel & Antisemitism
The Revival Of Antisemitism (Or Was It Ever Really Dead?)
Why does the revival of antisemitism matter for Christians today? Tracing Jewish history, the Holocaust and the State of Israel, and why silence in the face of hatred is never neutral.
Truth & Witness
Why Being Kind Is Better Than Being Right
What is our doctrine doing to us? A personal reflection from Bible College on Philip Jacob Spener’s Pia Desideria, orthodoxy and orthopraxy, and holding conviction with kindness.
Truth & Witness
What Is Truth?
What does it mean to have the truth? Tracing the Bible’s one story from Eden to the cross, John 14:6 and the Kingdom of God, and why truth is found in Jesus himself.
Israel & Antisemitism
Is Peace Even Possible? Thoughts On The Bondi Beach Mass Shooting
Can tolerance and better policy ever restrain evil? Reflecting on the Bondi tragedy, James 4 and Isaiah 9, and the Christmas promise of peace with God through the cross.
Truth & Witness
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.
Faith & Public Life
Should Christians Vote Or Be Involved In Politics?
Is voting forbidden for followers of Jesus? Reflecting on growing up in a church that banned it, John Stott on Christian engagement, and common objections to politics.
Faith & Public Life
I Am Pro-Life & Here’s Why I Think It Matters
Is abortion simply a matter of personal choice? Responding with grace to my body, my choice arguments, hard cases and health concerns, and why every human life is sacred.
Faith & Public Life
Two Kingdoms
What is the kingdom of God, and how do we enter it? Tracing the clash between the dominion of darkness and the kingdom of heaven from Genesis 3 to Revelation.
Sexuality & Gender
Pride Month & The Cross: Why The Gospel Still Matters
Would Jesus be at Pride? A non-affirming Christian perspective on Genesis, Matthew 19 and marriage, holding truth and compassion together through a cross-shaped lens.
Sexuality & Gender
A Guide For LGBTQ+ Christian Teens
Feeling confused about your body, your gender or who you’re attracted to? A letter to Christian teens on being made in God’s image, God’s design for sex, and finding hope in Jesus.
Sexuality & Gender
Sex + Gender
Is gender something we are or something we feel? Weighing chromosomes, brain science and the imago Dei in Genesis 1, and why compassionate truth matters pastorally.
