Choosing hills to die on is no easy thing. Some issues can be mere distractions. Others can be over-inflated. But avoiding key battles will be costly to the Church in the end because, one way or another, cowardice kills. "Not on that hill!" It's a phrase you sometimes hear … [Read more...] about Hills on which the Church will Die
Courage
On Christians and Twitter Fights
After a decade-and-a-half of successful avoidance, I finally joined Twitter last month. Just a few weeks later and I've already seen and felt enough to make me want to delete my account. It isn't just the way people talk, or the abuse they give so freely. It's the fact that you … [Read more...] about On Christians and Twitter Fights
On Fighting Good Fights
You could be forgiven for thinking that Christianity was a mild business. Its founder is called the prince of peace (Isa. 9:6), who famously said "blessed are the peacemakers" (Matt. 5:9), telling the meek they would inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5), and rebuking his followers for … [Read more...] about On Fighting Good Fights