The Smartphone as Temple - A resource for Pastors
You carry it everywhere. To the dinner table. To bed. To the bathroom. You reach for it before you're fully awake. It's the last thing you see before you close your eyes. What if that's not just a habit, but a liturgy?
I Had the Samaritan Woman All Wrong
For years I preached the Samaritan woman in John 4 as the classic “sinful outcast.” It made for a strong sermon… but recently I realised I may have had her all wrong.
A Masters class, a stubborn lecturer, and a quiet rebuke from the text itself forced me to revisit the story without the assumptions I’d been carrying.
What if she wasn’t immoral at all?
What if she wasn’t an outcast?
What if she was one of the first true seekers of Jesus — and the first evangelist of her city?
Rethinking her story has changed the way I read John 4, the way I preach it, and the way I see people whose lives haven’t gone to plan.
This one surprised me. It might surprise you too.
Preaching Easter
Preaching Easter, Resist the Pressure to Be New—Just Tell the Story. Here’s how to prep your Easter message.