Tag Archives: Church

Family of God

Jesus said “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

A strange statement? Maybe not. Because Jesus constantly talked of a new Kingdom, a new family, a new order on earth.

Our Old Testament reading is a sobering reminder of how transient Kingdoms of this world, and their rulers, can be. It reminds me of Percy B Shelley’s poem, Ozymandias.

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Church and Culture: Down with that sort of thing

In Conversation…
A talk for Contemporary Christianity Ireland
September 2013

This talk covers a number of issues:

  • What is Culture?
  • Should we accommodate it or resist it?
  • How should we be building the kingdom of God on Earth?
  • Engaging with and Transforming Culture.

Further information, including a recording of the talk, is available on the Contemporary Christianity site.

A PDF version of the slides of the presentation may be downloaded here.