God’s Mother-Heart

The almost universally loved theologian, St Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) prayed, “If am Thy child, O God, it is because Thou gavest me such a mother”. The tireless, passionate English theologian and evangelist, John Wesley (1703-1791) who rode over 400,000kms on...

We Need a God Who Gets Angry

The Bible’s teaching on God’s judgment is definitely one of the greatest stumbling blocks to Christianity. Reconciling the idea of God’s punishment with His love as revealed in Christ seems like a bridge too far. The words of Charles Darwin captures what many of us...

Self-righteousness (Luke 18:9-14)

Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of the church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out, “Amen, Brother!”. When the preacher condemned the sin of...

Chancing Your Arm & the Door Of Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 5:11-21 I think most of us have come across or even used the saying, “Chancing your arm”. It means to take a risk and give something a go. The origin of this saying is quite interesting. According to one theory, the saying dates back to a bitter family...