Tag: control

"Jesus take the wheel” neglects personal responsibility and leaves self-control to rot in the spiritual fruit bowl

Scared into salvation? Jarrod Stackelroth says fear-mongering can only lead us to bad theology and even worse practice.

Prison is a place where time moves fairly slowly—particularly if you are innocent, truly innocent, with no date of release.

It seems like yesterday that my daughter was happily riding her tricycle around the backyard. Now she’s learning to drive.

We’ve left it a bit late, but at nearly 40 years old, my wife and I are looking to buy a house. Or build one. Not sure which yet.

What are the reasons that so many young people under thirty-five leave the church? "The youth are reacting against a culture of control."

Authority. People have different attitudes to authority. Some respect it, some ignore it, some blatantly reject it, some hoard it, others pander to it or crave after it.

Many of us come to Jesus the way this man did—on our knees.