What does it mean for a woman to be "working at home" (Tit. 2:5)? The answer is found in considering the context and the rest of the Bible. This text challenges our deepest commitments and where our hearts are and to whom it belongs. ...
Interpretingthe Book of Revelation: Part 1It has been a great privilege to study and preach through the book of Revelation these past few months (You can listen to the sermonshere).Due to the nature of the series, it was not possible to go into too much detail or spend a lot of time on some of the finer points. My aim in these articles is to give some more clarity; hopeful...
Keep Reading Interpreting the Book of Revelation: Part 2The Seven CyclesOne of the difficulties with the book of Revelation is that there are so many different interpretations. Some say that most of what John wrote was fulfilled in the first century AD (Preterist), some argue that the primary focus is the period just before Christ's second coming (Futurist), while others believe that R...
Keep ReadingI recently readIn The Plexby Steven Levy, the subtitle declares,How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.One of the most fascinating insights, for me anyway, was OKRs. At Google employees must submit what are known as OKRs,Objectives and Key Results. Objectives are the goals that they must set for the next quarter. These Objectives must be ambitious, and should feel ...
Keep ReadingThere can be no doubt that God takes our worship of Him very seriously. Even a cursory reading of the Bible makes this abundantly clear. The whole of Leviticus, the accounts of Nadab and Abihu, Ananias and Sapphira, the pastoral epistles all confirm this. Logically this makes perfect sense, God made us, He owns and He tells us how we should approach Him. Just as there is a...
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