Big Deal

I was thinking about my wife today. Yeah, I know it makes a change, but I was. As I thought about her, I thought about how much of a big deal she is to me and compared her to other things that I’m likely to be passionate about.  I love me football, I love reading […]

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Making Jesus In Our Own Image

If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favour. Voltaire The futility of idolatry is worshipping something far less than we give it credit for. Imagine your two year old daughter getting some crayons and doing their version of Mummy and Daddy, then showing it to you.  The standard reaction […]

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Cheating God

I think it’s safe to come out of the closet and announce … I’m not convinced about the argument that tithing is a command for the New Testament church. (What do you mean, there’s something that is meant by coming out of the closet? I thought everyone did it announce their disassociation with tithing as […]

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Shop Worship

Hayward posted this just after Crimbo last year, but I only came across it recently and I chuckled to myself wanting to give someone a high-five for how spot on its portrayal of where our allegiances truly lie can be seen in where our treasures are. (HT: The Naked Pastor.) For His Name’s Sake Shalom […]

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