Do we really have to join public worship every week?  Why not just have my own little relationship with Jesus, apart from all those hypocrites in church? Read more

The idea of this article is to provide a little “older-brother” wisdom and point out that government pressure on one’s religious practices is entirely to be expected and that one should not immediately go into mourning when one experiences pressure. See here for more. Read more

I remember recently greeting an Orthodox Jewish woman’s hand.  She was a rabbi’s wife.  She refused to shake it.  I was rattled at first, and then remembered that this was proper behavior for a woman in her position. Jennifer Bryson is a friend and scholar of Islam.  Here is her fascinating reflection on being rattled when a male employee refused to shake her hand. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2016/06/17151/     Read more

I once thought the Eucharist is simply a memorial of what happened two thousand years ago.  But then I noticed something in Scripture. Read more

Critics of infant baptism say they don’t see it in the NT.  But what about infant dedication? Read more

If baptism is about faith, how can we baptize infants?   Read more

There is a connection between money and joy, but not the one most think. Read more

Here is a startling report on the failures associated with attempts to change gender.  Plus the failures of transgender operations. –A staggering 41 percent of people who identify as transgender reported in a national survey that they had attempted suicide. That’s over twenty-five times the rate of suicide attempts (1.6 percent) among the general population. –The majority of transgender people (62.7 percent, according to one study) have at least one comorbid psychiatric disorder. For the rest of the article, click here. Read more

In the OT there were three times and types of tithes.  What are they?  Are they applicable today? Read more

We all know that tithing is an OT concept.  But are those right who say it is not in the NT?  And that therefore Christians are to live by a different rule? This is the first of a series of videos I have done for Anglican churches.  You might want to take  a peek. http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/northamptonseminar/files/2016/06/Chapter-1_CLIPCHAMP_480p.mp4 Read more