After a bit more mulling on my last post, I’ve come to see it’s not just a visibility crisis—it’s a credibility crisis. Ministry has become a performance because we’ve formed leaders in the theatre of applause. Indeed, we live in an age that idolises … [Read more]
The Instagrammable Pulpit
Within the last 24 hours, another public resignation was announced from a prominent evangelical leader. The specifics are tragic: secret online accounts, years of duplicity, slander against fellow elders and pastors—all while publicly preaching … [Read more]
The Lord of the Conscience is Not the Self
In a recent reflection on the disaffiliation of two churches from the Baptist Association of NSW/ACT, an Anglican commentator offered a gracious and sympathetic reading of Baptist history and identity. He noted with surprise the strong reaction among … [Read more]
When the Centre Drifts: Post-Election Reflection
The centre is not holding. That much is clear. But for those who belong to Jesus Christ, the centre was never supposed to be Canberra. And when the culture spins and the political map gets redrawn, Christians don’t panic—we remember. We remember who … [Read more]
Ordered Obedience: Church, State, and the Lordship of Christ
Politics, for many Christians today, is a prickly word. It evokes discomfort, if not outright fatigue. The cultural temperature is hot, the rhetoric exhausting, and the temptation to either retreat into silence or lash out in partisanship is … [Read more]
The Tragedy of Evangelical Forgetfulness
A week has now passed since the death of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known to the world as Pope Francis. In the intervening days, an outpouring of public mourning has taken place, not only among Roman Catholics but across much of the broader Christian and … [Read more]
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