Confession

The penitential psalms are psalms which freely confess sins. David says, ‘When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy one me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.’ (Ps 32:3-4) It is only...

Abstract sin?

Abstract art is a term used to describe art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality, but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Post Impressionist artists like Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat,...

Whose goals are you following?

We all need goals and aims in life if we are to find purpose in what we are doing, but for so many of us, our lives are motivated simply by what feels good for us (short-term hedonistic goals). If it looks good, we do it. If it feels good, we do it. We are fed the...

Please God first!

A desire to please other people seems a very Christian virtue, since serving others forms an integral part of the gospel message (see, for example, Phil 2:3-4). However, there is a difference between serving people out of love and obedience and serving them because...