How should I Pray? Part 1
The Rev had a weekend off and finding it exhausting to be in his own congregation when he’s not working, planned to visit the congregation of a minister he met in one of his many minister’s conferences, the Rev...
How can I make sense of politics as a Christian? Christ and secular morality
The crossroads were in view from the start of this series on Church and/or/v State. Now those crossroads are finally here.Depending on how you see the relationship with the Church and State will determine y...
How can I make sense of politics as a Christian? Christ and the State
So far the Rev has established that politics is complicated. Yet what comes before politics for a Christian is an attitude and dedication to Christ first with the knowledge that the world as we know it has a da...
How can I make sense of politics as a Christian? Romans 13
The Rev felt very satisfied that he was able to provide a bit of drama from the preceding article, leaving it a quintessential cliffhanger as he did. So continuing on from the introduction to this subject, our ...
How can I make sense of politics as a Christian? Introduction
The Rev is not a political man. A significant part of his disaffection comes from the powers that be. Yet while he has so little time for politicians, he happily proffers his opinion, like everyone else, becaus...
Can I preach the gospel in the workplace?
The Rev has a new understudy, the Curate Zeal. Zeal by name, zeal by nature. Fools jump in where angels fear to tread does not come close. His zeal is noteworthy. He is not afraid to tell it how it is; getting ...
Is systematic theology of the devil?
The Rev was having a clear out at home and came across his Post-it® note collection of doctrines, all 761,482 of them. He put his bible next to them, took a step back and thought about the amount of paper that ...
How can a minister…? Part 3
How can a minister read from a passage that he doesn’t reference in the sermon?He doesn’t have to preach from the passage that is being read. It is bliss enough to read the Bible and mull over it in your ow...
How can a minister…? Part 2
How can a minister read two separate passages of scripture that have absolutely nothing to do with each other and then force a link on them which just isn’t there? For example, in a recent sermon, the minister ...
How can a minister…? Part 1
How can a minister justify cutting his sermon short? The Rev doesn’t really understand the importance of time. On many occasions, he doesn’t even start work till late into the evening and finish in the early ho...