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Do you begrudge my generosity?
19 February 2026
His joy in us
15 February 2026
A Christian’s Guide to Feasting
10 December 2025
God is pro-joy
23 July 2025
I’m keeping a record of wrongs
23 June 2025
Untroubled and unafraid
18 May 2025
In defence of the shopping list
6 May 2025
Disputable matters
30 April 2025
The greatest question
28 April 2025
From Slavery to Freedom
18 April 2025
Without much work
11 April 2025
Respond to the truth not the feeling
9 April 2025
The way of the tree
28 January 2025
The evidence, experience & enjoyment of the love of God
27 January 2025
What is your heart set on?
22 January 2025
What do you say about yourself?
8 January 2025
Reading a passage more than once
10 December 2024
Light has come
9 December 2024
My simple prayer when I need to forgive
26 November 2024
What is freedom for the Christian?
11 November 2024
We belong to Jesus
7 April 2024
Seek the things Above
6 April 2024
No condemnation
5 April 2024
New birth & a Living Hope
4 April 2024
Peace with God
3 April 2024
Freedom from Sin
2 April 2024
Forgiveness of Sins
1 April 2024
The greatest gift to Atheism
20 March 2024
Be Rich towards God
6 March 2024
How to Just keep going
22 February 2024
The case for the Christian family life is stacking up
25 January 2024
3 things we believe about baptism and 3 questions we ask
17 January 2024
How many children should Christians have?
3 January 2024
When the time is right
20 December 2023
Gospel-shaped hospitality
9 November 2023
Roads and paths
17 July 2023
Jesus on marriage
22 March 2023
Receiving the Spirit
20 March 2023
The consumerism of Christmas (and every other day of the year)
21 December 2022
Devoted to fellowship
13 September 2021
He loved you first
9 September 2021
Old made new
31 August 2021
Raising a son in the age of pornography
15 March 2021
Do not consent
11 February 2021
A wise life is blessed
9 February 2021
How practising gratitude can change your life
13 January 2021
Our family advent
20 December 2020
Aligned: Creation
11 November 2020
Diving down
10 November 2020
He has passed on
21 October 2020
This thing is too heavy for you
13 October 2020
Sharing your light
9 October 2020
Taming the wildfires
27 September 2020
Rested, renewed, revived
25 May 2020
Being right is no excuse for being mean
11 May 2020
Jesus is our insurance
21 April 2020
Faith in uncertain times
22 March 2020
In the valley of shadows
18 March 2020
Why Do We Read Scripture?
23 February 2020
Busy, exhausted, burnt out
20 December 2019
Consumerism remains a deadly enemy to faith
18 December 2019
Walking with God pleases God
13 October 2019
The Fellowship of the Ashamed
8 October 2019
A Conversation with Ronald J. Sider
22 August 2019
When I Grow Up
14 July 2019
What the Bible Says About Itself—Book by Book
1 July 2019
Foundational habits
10 June 2019
The BIG resource on discipleship, mission & church
7 January 2019
Rediscovering hospitality (bumper links edition)
26 December 2018
Good Friday (links)
30 March 2018
Jude’s 7 instructions for Christians
13 February 2018
Devotional: A priceless gift
24 December 2017
Devotional: Treasure the truth
17 December 2017
Morality, debating opponents and the future of Christianity
10 May 2017
Devotional: God uses the little people too
7 May 2017
Devotional: Your children are a blessing
30 April 2017
Devotional: You need your church
23 April 2017
Devotional: It is finished
14 April 2017
Devotional: Rejoice
9 April 2017
Devotional: Opposites attract
2 April 2017
Devotional: An ever present helper
26 March 2017
Devotional: A trustworthy father
19 March 2017
Devotional: Be still & know
12 March 2017
Not scared of life
10 March 2017
Devotional: Watch out for weeds
5 March 2017
The Bible guide to surfing the web (part 2)
27 February 2017
Devotional: Everlasting Arms
26 February 2017
Learning from 2 Thessalonians 1
22 February 2017
Learning from 1 Thessalonians 5
15 February 2017
Tim Keller on the early church & mission today
14 February 2017
Learning from 1 Thessalonians 4
7 February 2017
Learning from 1 Thessalonians 3
31 January 2017
Parents, children and showing up at church
26 January 2017
Learning from 1 Thessalonians 2
24 January 2017
Questions: 1 Thessalonians 1
19 January 2017
The Bible guide to surfing the web (part 1)
28 October 2016
Is Halloween a celebration of light or darkness?
25 October 2016
Overcoming hindrances in your prayer life
26 September 2016
Discipleship = maturity
9 September 2016
The Son of Man came…
7 September 2016
Six benefits from faith in Christ
2 September 2016
Seeking to excel
27 April 2016
A starved, skinny, under-nourished form of hospitality
18 April 2016
Crucified and buried but raised alive – with Christ
31 March 2016
Living in a XXX culture
30 November 2015
How to see life & death
11 November 2015
Money: 4 questions, 4 principles & 5 lessons
7 September 2015
The importance of your home
26 June 2015
Overflowing Abundance
24 June 2015
God’s antidote to consumerism
22 June 2015
The lost art of hospitality
11 June 2015
Grafted in: An example from nature
6 May 2015
Five marks of prayer
22 April 2015
Four things that happen when we pray
21 April 2015
Why do we pray? Seven reasons
20 April 2015
Five dimensions to faith
17 April 2015
Life in Christ: appetite, ambition and approval
16 April 2015
Resurrection reflections
7 April 2015
Four gentle reminders for family devotions
30 March 2015
Six fears & how the Gospel overcomes them all
20 March 2015
Porn: How to talk about it & what to do about it
16 March 2015
Life can be hard
18 February 2015
One simple way to understand God’s heart for the poor
20 January 2015
Good news to the poor?
5 January 2015
The benefits of faith in Christ
22 December 2014
Questions from the pool of Bethesda
2 December 2014
Therapy, sin & modern idols
10 October 2014
Why should I?
9 October 2014
When being good is not enough
8 October 2014
Seven ways our lives can tell the Gospel
19 September 2014
Gleaning
27 August 2014
Picking up sticks
5 March 2014
Six reasons why we don't own a car
17 January 2014
Can America live more simply?
9 September 2013
Megachurch, megarich and sometimes mega-generous
26 August 2013
Where is my home?
24 April 2013
Cows, milk and poverty
28 March 2013
We all live in Vanity Fair now
11 December 2012
Kids won't want to know about giving if you don't teach them
11 June 2012
Not every day is a day of victory
7 April 2012
A bit like Norway…
20 March 2012
Funding Equality
19 March 2012
Let's try to be fair
16 March 2012
Hair shirts and iPhones
15 March 2012
How unequal should the poor be?
6 March 2012
Capitalism needs an ethical boundary
27 January 2012
10 myths about simple living
9 January 2012
How do I convince my three year old that Jesus was right?
22 December 2011
Doug Wilson, the apostle Paul and bad economics
16 December 2011
What everyone missed in 'the elephant room' controversy
29 November 2011
Chrysostom: On giving to the poor
19 October 2011
London’s Burning: Is consumerism to blame?
12 August 2011
Giving and happiness
15 April 2011
Redefining Radical
12 April 2011
Why David Platt and James MacDonald are both wrong on money
11 April 2011
Christ is our joy
15 March 2011
Christ is our life
11 March 2011
Gift list guilt?
24 February 2011
All consuming: part 4
13 January 2011
All consuming: part 3
12 January 2011
All consuming: part 2
11 January 2011
All consuming: part 1
10 January 2011
Sell your possessions and give to the poor
5 January 2011
Life without the X-Factor (or a TV)
15 December 2010
Living with a mustard seed faith
27 October 2010
Know your calling
20 October 2010
Mustard Seed Faith
20 October 2010
If only this was true today
23 September 2010
Another reason why Christians should be great givers
17 September 2010
Clement of Alexandria on money
8 September 2010
I don't need a million dollars
31 August 2010
My thirsty soul
25 August 2010
Not the end of consumerism
16 August 2010
Jesus will help me
13 August 2010
The Giving Pledge
11 August 2010
How will we be judged?
10 August 2010
Kingdom of Comfort
7 August 2010
Lifestyle Choices
29 July 2010
Reasons to give thanks to God (1)
22 July 2010
Thankfulness
19 July 2010
Life without a TV (still)
13 July 2010
Elaine Storkey on freedom
8 July 2010
God does not grow weary
13 June 2010
This empty tomb
4 April 2010
Consumerism: It’s not about the poor
24 March 2010
What is the weight of sin?
18 March 2010
Consumerism: It’s not about the environment
17 March 2010
Jesus summons us to simplicity
15 March 2010
Why challenge consumerism?
12 March 2010
Book Giveaway: Generosity
4 March 2010
Why haven't we got the message?
18 February 2010
A storm called ‘Brian’
17 February 2010
Searching for a Christ-like lifestyle
17 February 2010
Rediscovering my heritage
15 February 2010
Prayer changes the world
9 February 2010
In an ocean of material prosperity
19 January 2010
The reward of kindness
30 December 2009
Climate Change: Why I’m convinced
21 December 2009
Why are we getting rid of the TV?
17 December 2009
I want to be more Christian
24 November 2009
Write down guidance
5 November 2009
Simple Christmas
4 November 2009
What's important to me politically? Social Justice
18 September 2009
Coffee with one shot – generosity
4 September 2009
Living with open hands
27 August 2009
Consumerism, social justice and money
22 August 2009
Teenagers and Consumerism
5 August 2009
Is everything morally neutral?
12 June 2009
Is money morally neutral?
11 June 2009
Talking food
13 May 2009
Is having ‘too much’ wrong?
29 April 2009
Passing the Plate
28 April 2009
Our economic system is stupid
13 April 2009
Do evangelicals need a more thorough conversion?
2 April 2009
Breathing Spaces
6 March 2009
Breaking the Consumer Mould (updated)
5 March 2009
What’s your first thought?
22 February 2009
Stingy Christians
4 February 2009
There's probably no tithing
4 February 2009
Adbusting: Nokia E71
30 January 2009
Breaking the Consumer Mould (updated)
28 January 2009
Total Obedience
27 January 2009
Tibbert on: Leading in a time of financial crisis
23 January 2009
I want to be frugal
21 January 2009
We are the consumed
14 January 2009
Consuming Reflections: If you’re rich be like this
12 January 2009
Worldometers
12 January 2009
Consuming Reflections: Crushed to death
8 January 2009
Bible Heroes: Noah
5 January 2009
Simple Living: A Review
5 January 2009
Consumerism in and outside the church
8 December 2008
When unexpected costs hit your budget
5 December 2008
Ethical stuff
1 December 2008
The only way out is to spend
25 November 2008
What about our security?
21 November 2008
What about community?
19 November 2008
Be wise with money…
18 November 2008
What are the marks of a simple life?
9 November 2008
What about the desires of our heart?
24 October 2008
Poverty is stupid – Blog Action Day
15 October 2008
Praying for the economy
20 September 2008
The future of capitalism?
18 September 2008
What about how we approach debt?
17 September 2008
what about the goal of our lives being the accumulation of wealth?
10 September 2008
What about sharing?
5 September 2008
What about the desire for ownership?
1 September 2008
Latest Breathe update
26 August 2008
What about generosity?
20 August 2008
What about the way we label success?
18 August 2008
What about consumption?
14 August 2008
What about the environment?
13 August 2008
What about the consumer dream?
12 August 2008
New Series: Questions of life
11 August 2008
Completely out of step
15 July 2008
Lifestyle changes
27 June 2008
Consumerism is idolatry
2 June 2008
Do good works…
15 May 2008
How to lead a mercy filled life in a difficult world
3 May 2008
Communicating the Cross
28 March 2008
What is it about money?
11 March 2008
Travelling Light
7 March 2008
Travel Light
27 February 2008
Time Mis-management
26 February 2008
Where thieves break in and steal…
21 February 2008
Generous Going
27 January 2008
Generous Living
7 January 2008
Greater Simplicity
3 January 2008
Stewing on mercy
15 December 2007
Where should Generosity flow from?
17 November 2007
How to dissect Generosity
15 November 2007
Increased Generosity
6 November 2007
It’s more than sharing stuff
23 October 2007
Revisiting Community Revisited
15 October 2007
Greed is idolatry
6 September 2007
Radical Dependency and Kids
25 June 2007
Eco-Consumerism
20 June 2007
Taking it one day at a time
11 June 2007
A Satisfied Life
31 May 2007
Separating Kingdom from Culture
21 May 2007
Contentment is great gain
8 May 2007
Consumerism the alternative to Church
3 April 2007
Consumer values
30 January 2007
Pre-Christmas Clear Out
19 December 2006
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