Who in the world am I preaching to?

I preach over 100 sermons annually. That amounts to more hours of preparation than I can hope to quantify, and … More

Preaching under the smile and the smiting rod

As I write these words, our home has descended into the silence of sleep on a Saturday night, and I … More

Whether your cup is half empty or half full in the current global crisis, whether you credit or descry online … More

How are we to answer the exigencies and anxieties of the hour? What tone of voice and approach should we … More

There is a famous anecdote about a church producing some signage for the gable wall of their building, with the … More

At the moment it seems like everything is interim. The decisions that we were agonising over a fortnight ago about … More

As Christian ministers we are vulnerable to the twin temptations of activism and stoicism, of deploying our energies or cutting … More

I believe that the systematic expository preaching of Scripture is not the only means of teaching the gathered church, but … More

If we were charged with helping a new Christian to develop spiritual disciplines for their growth in the faith, what … More

We lay great emphasis on the soundness of preachers we listen to, and authors whom we read. For many of … More