Good preaching can change the world. Here are 10 tips for new preachers to get you thinking. Words, when properly chosen, carefully crafted, and well delivered, can move people, inspire people and speak something new into being. Good oratory can move people to tears or to anger, inspire love or hatred, create unity or division….
There is a strange little verse in Genesis that has resulted in all kinds of fantasy novels, films, and unfortunate attempts at theology. That is the story of the Nephilim. Much has been made about them, but the reality is somewhat more literary and less magical. The Nephilim are mentioned in three places in the…
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 us. To be a follower…
‘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 down to a simple phrase….
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 world. He was famous as…
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 a theological imperative. The Army…
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…
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…
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…