Christian Teaching

Why It’s Okay to Swim After Eating

Did you know that you don’t necessarily have to wait 30 minutes after lunch before you swim? It’s not as dangerous as we all thought…

Questions We’re Not Meant to Ask About Our Secular Culture

Questions our culture struggles to answer – as they raise the uncomfortable idea that the secular view of life just doesn’t fit reality.

How To Hear God’s Voice

In Christianity we talk a lot about having a personal relationship with God, but do you hear God’s voice? Here are some tips for how.

That ‘Inbox Zero’ Contentment Feeling

To be still in this culture can mean allowing your email count to tick back from ‘0’ to ‘1’ without fret, writes Tim Yearsley.

What Does it Mean to Flourish?

It’s a noble and inspiring sentiment, and one you hear in many vision statements – but what does it really mean to flourish?

The West Was Post-Christian: Until It Wasn’t

The removal of Christianity hasn’t left us with a self-assured humanity, rather aimless people, struggling with their bodies and identity.

Can Someone Please Explain How Money Works?

It’s not what we do or what we own that gives us value. It’s who we have in our life, writes Sam Chan from Espresso Theology.

Go A Little Further, Take the Next Step

Today I want to challenge you to go a little further for Jesus. We can take courage from looking at how far he went for us.

This is Why I Hate Doing Laundry

Many of us may hate doing laundry, but we do it – because deep down, we know that doing the laundry is purposeful…

God is My Security… And Much More

Why not mull over these images – the Lord my shield, my sleep, my security, my deliverer? Perhaps they will ring true for you this week.

My Friends’ Dads Are Dying. So What Are We Learning From It?

I don’t mean to sound too sombre, but planning for death, its inevitability and inexorable pull towards our grave, is not a bad thing.

Life On Mission is About Three Simple Things

Your friends don’t need another world-changing evangelist, they need you—and talking to them about Jesus is easier than you might think.

He Delights in You – Devotion

When we feel successful, healthy, and loved, we believe that God loves us. But when we like a failure, we often believe God has abandoned us.

How The ‘Prayer of The Authentic Self’ Shows The Religion of our Secular Age

Christian author Brian Rosner’s caricature of the Lord’s Prayer, sums up our culture’s obsession with Authenticity.

Learn to Hear the Voice of God

Listening to the Holy Spirit can seem like a weird concept. How exactly does it work? How do I know if it is Him or just my own mind talking?

‘Video’ Discipleship In a ‘Digital’ Age – Why The Church Needs to Catch Up

The world is discipling us, not on the basis of intellectual argument, but at a deeply subterranean emotional level, writes Stephen McAlpine.

Does Christian Celebrity Need a Cure? – ‘Christianity Today’s’ Katelyn Beaty

US journalist Katelyn Beaty reflects on the Christian celebrity culture origin, Jesus’ relationship to fame and the lost art of contentment.

The Centre of the Universe – Jesus

People often think that they are the centre of the universe. Christianity takes a very different view about who and what is at the centre.