This post makes no claims about whether the reader should adopt Christian Anarchism as a political philosophy, nor does it argue that The Salvation Army should be organised around its principles. Rather, this article seeks to set out what Christian Anarchism is, its biblical roots, and its relationship to The Salvation Army today. The basic…
Church pioneer ministry is often thought of as the sexy and cutting edge new frontier of church development. Pioneers are the chosen few, specially gifted to think outside the box and start something new and different. The reality is that every minister is a pioneer. Pioneering Happens In The Small Things The Kingdom of God…
My argument is that The Salvation Army combined Christianity with a form of proto-Marxism through the Postmillennial beliefs of William Booth and his followers. The historian Tom Holland makes the claim that Marxism is essentially rooted in Christian theology and culture. Given the events of the last two centuries, the knee-jerk rejection in some cultures…
The grass is not always greener on the other side. The grass is greener where we water it. The Spiritual Danger of Looking Sideways It is easy when we look at colleagues and friends, at other people’s situations, at celebrities or neighbours, to think how much better things are for them than for me. Maybe…
What does it mean to listen to God when we can’t hear God? How can we follow Christ during times of spiritual dryness? There is a silence at the heart of Christian life — and learning to sit in it may be one of the most important things we ever do. The Heart of the…