The Church
Faith, Love and Hope in Our Lord Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians is particularly relevant to the Church today as Paul wrote this letter to encourage and exort a church in the midst of temptation and tribulation in a major city.
For Mission: The Final Chapters
Live reading of the last two chapters of Joe Boot's book, For Mission. We get into the philosophical roots of the retreatist impulse of church-ianity, and lay out the way forward for the church to once again be salt and light in the world.
Continuing Read: For Mission
We continue with our reading Joe Boot's book For Mission, with chapters 2 and 3: What is the Church? and The Philosophical Foundations of Churchianity.
Appeasement, Compromise and Silence in a D-Day for the Church
History has smiled with gratitude on the heroes of Normandy. How will history judge the church of our generation in a time of cultural conflict? In the D-Day of the Western church, what will be God’s verdict?
What Do we Do with Evil in the Church?
The church has a responsibility to declare the Word of God to the world. It is an antinomian minister who will not act according to that Word, and the results are disastrous.
Our Fellowship in the Lord
Paul’s updates and greetings from various people in these final verses of Colossians presents us with a portrait of our fellowship in the Lord, which is a fellowship of love and faithful service.
Our Fellowship in the Lord
These final greetings and remarks are important because they remind us that what Paul wrote about he also lived out amongst a group of real people.
Does Politics belong in the Pulpit?
Joe Boot visits with Paul Huxley at the Wilberforce Academy in Oxford to talk about God and his Word, church and state, the role of the pastor, freedom in Christ, and what it means to serve God and others in public life.
Paul’s Prayer for the Church
Paul's prayer here is modeling for us how we ought to pray for one another
Paul’s Prayer for the Church
Paul's prayer here is modeling for us how we ought to pray for one another
Being a Pastor in Public
The church is the body of God's called-out people, to testify to the reign of Christ over all things, and pastors have a special responsibility to disciple the nations and confront systematic unbelief with systematic belief.
Revoice: Sliding into Heresy
The Revoice view of sexuality downplays the dangers of generalized pagan homosexual culture, and creates a third category of human sexuality, denying the biblical, ontological principle of distinctions.