What can be done about pedophilia?

The Atlantic recently published an inevitable and yet rather eye-popping article titled “What Can Be Done About Pedophilia?”. I felt that this issue brings our current society’s moral axioms to the edge of their unintended consequences, and to our desperate need for a much deeper understanding of the power of the law and of the […]

Announcing the Therefore Now podcast!

I’ve been collecting audio messages on the radical and amazing grace of God through Jesus Christ for several years. Copy the link below and paste it into your preferred podcast player. http://feeds.feedburner.com/http/thereforenowcom/category/podcast/feed Here is an iTunes link, if you are an iTunes user: iTunes_ThereforeNow_podcast It has also been published through feedburner so it should show […]

Which is harder? Mark 2:1-12

When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by […]

Choosing Kindness or Malice – Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:32, NASB). This sounds like a wonderful verse, when stripped of context like this! Who doesn’t like kindness, tender-heartedness, quick and beautiful forgiveness? In real life this can be a bit more of a challenge! […]

Romance Of Grace: Ch1 Q1: Take up our cross = justification?

Each chapter in The Romance of Grace has a few questions for discussion at the end. I’m going to post them individually with a few of my thoughts so that over time some online discussion might develop. Asking the right questions is an important key to developing a robust and sound understanding of our faith. […]