How to live in the end-times

Writing on how Revelation chapter seven applies to Christian life today, British theologian Ian Paul suggests that The perennial question for anyone thinking seriously about the Christian life and our place in the world has two parts to it. First, we need to think about the world we are in, and try to make sense …

A grain of wheat

John 12:23-24; Luke 9:23 Sprouted shoots of barley and wheat. Walk into almost any church, and you will see one of two realities โ€“ either the predictable machinations of moralistic therapeutic deism and passive consumer religion,ย or the beauty, mystery and enthusiasm of a gathered community of Jesus followers, experimentally living out their faith. One reality …