Estimated reading time: 13 minutes One of the biggest mistakes that Christianity makes is the idolatry of strength. When we praise strength, desire strength, or want 'strong leaders,' we walk away from the way of Christ. Following Jesus means letting go of what this world considers strength. We should live according to how Jesus taught …
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Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 'Mission' is one of those terms that can end up being reduced to something trotted out to justify a new activity or project, or used to either raise or reduce the perceived value of a church depending on whether it is being 'missional' or not. For the Army, this boils …
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Why was William Booth scared of Brengle? This question reveals a culture of anti-education that existed win the Army for almost a hundred years. Samuel Logan Brengle is one of the most significant figures in Salvation Army theology. His writing inspired, and continues to inspire, Salvationist holiness theology around the …
Estimated reading time: 14 minutes Yes, but only if it makes it happen. It will not happen naturally. If The Salvation Army is going to have gender equality it will need to choose to change things. The Salvation Army has a responsibility to do better with gender equality. Particularly for women in ministry. This is …
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On the 14th of October 2025 General Lyndon Buckingham gave a call to action to the international Salvation Army. The link for it is directly below. I think we need to best understand this call as a call to sanctification. https://www.salvationarmy.org/news/general-lyndon-buckingham-speaks-heart-salvation-army-global-call-action?fbclid=IwT01FWANcr5dleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHsAP_SoJ99MjPOVM-sJb9jvIlTK36LF1BCHcDYXICej0W_h8iyvyNs8-LJYp_aem_xq3emrCI31baXPBu0vgWew The General is calling Salvationists to rediscover their personal excitement, enthusiasm, and commitment to …
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The Church doesn't need people to be Batman. It requires everybody to live out who and what they have been called to be. The Church requires a full mobilisation of its members, not only a select few heroes. Batman is the problem with Gotham City. He is out there fighting crime, forcing criminals and super …
To be who God wants me to be means I have had to learn to keep putting myself to death so that I can find new life. Which feels absolutely rubbish! Because the process of being made new means confronting all the things we wish we could forget or try and justify. Part of the …
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The rapture has once again reared its head with people on social media claiming the rapture was coming which led to some more...gullible...people selling their belongings off cheap. Things like this aren't new. There have been loads of end-times cults over the millennia. But now TikTok is a thing, its ended up in the popular …
Christians can't be patriots, and certainly can't be nationalists, because they always have a negotiated relationship with their state, country, and nation. They owe a higher allegiance to the Kingdom of God and the Lordship of Christ. This higher allegiance takes precedence over any other allegiance. Today, there are States, Countries, and Nations, which are …
The way that people commonly think about the 'soul' - an immortal spirit which is who we really are that dwells in some way 'within' us - is not actually Biblical. We do not have souls in the way people frequently use the word. In this blog, I'm going to set out what a biblical …