Self-Doubt

My article is an adaptation of a devotional produced by ‘Lectio 365’, a free daily devotional mobile app I’ve been using. This excellent tool guides users through 10 minutes of prayer in the morning, afternoon and evening, using the P.R.A.Y framework (Pause to be...

Learning to become empty so we can become fuller

In the so-called ‘Christ hymn’ in Philippians 2:5-11, we have one of Scripture’s most startling words: ‘kenosis’ or ‘emptying. It means a voluntary act of letting go of my will in favour of God’s will. That was what Jesus did when he entered our world. He didn’t stop...

All roads lead to God?

A professing Christian had just received from his friend a video clip in which a speaker emphasised that Jesus is the only way to be saved from our sins and be reconciled with God. He responded to his friend as follows: I watched the video…I respect your point of...

Inclusion Gone Mad

Last week I came across a clip of a pastor delivering an invitation to Holy Communion. Pointing to the elements, he announced: “This table right there is not my table…it is God’s table and that means everyone is welcome to that table. *You do not have to believe what...

The Sacred Call of Hospitality

“…I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22 – ESV). We see Paul’s wise approach to how he discipled people to faith on display in the manner he engaged the Greeks in Areopagus in Acts 17 (check out Peter Francis’s...