Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Romans 8:28 should be rendered, "God works all things together with those who love him". N.T. Wright says Romans 8:28 has often been mistranslated. And it's silly to use it as a platitude to mollify those who are suffering.
If you feel like you are walking on eggshells... ....you may be suffering from domestic abuse, which is persistent or recurrent behaviour by an intimate partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological damage, or causes the victim to live in fear. It is not just marital conflict over particular issues (which can be conflict between… Continue reading Are you walking on eggshells?
(1 Corinthians 11:3) But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Professor Wayne Grudem interprets 1 Corinthians 11:3 as follows: just as the Father has authority over the Son in the Trinity, so the… Continue reading Is the husband’s role parallel to that of God the Father, and the wife’s role parallel to that of God the Son?
Last year I promised to revise my book Not Under Bondage and publish the revised version in paperback, e-book and audio-book formats. I have made substantial progress but am still some way from publishing the revised version. I apologise for the delay. I got sidetracked and slowed down by Covid (didn't we all?) and I… Continue reading Still here — emerging from a slough of despond
When they could snatch a bit of time at the riverbank, out of eye or earshot of their masters, the captive Israelites didn't have to sing happy songs on demand. There they could sit and weep. By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, / when we remembered thee, O Sion. As for… Continue reading There we sat down and wept — Psalm 137
Thou Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundation of the earth / and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure / they shall all wax old as a garment; And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed / but thou art… Continue reading Hope for isolated Christians. God will bring in the New Heavens and New Earth
A Cry For Justice 