Weekly Texts writing

Okay Sure, You Can Be Diplomatic Sometimes

Weekly Text: Acts 13:26-39

Mon, 26 May 20252 min read

In a previous instalment of this weekly trundle through the book of Acts, I had cause to mention the fact that Paul is a master in the art of lacking diplomacy. Such an art — although in the modern world frequently re...

ChatGPT, Abortion Abolitionist

In which a squirming LLM finally doesn't get away

Tue, 20 May 20255 min read

Like its older brothers, the wheel and the printing press, the large language model (LLM) is one of those formative tools whose effects we have yet to fully imagine. It is to language what the printing press was to ha...

8. Don't Break Your Back for a Flighty Buck

The Thirty Sayings (8/30)

Mon, 19 May 20254 min read

Saying Eight Proverbs 23:4-5 Do not overwork to be rich; because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle t...

History with a Slice of Gospel

Weekly Text: Acts 13:13-25

Mon, 19 May 20252 min read

If we are attuned to the currents of controversy that spark life into Luke’s narrative, it will be evident in this section that the masterful writer is building up to something monumental. He’s about to let off some a...

Leaving Everything: My 4,000km Journey to Follow Christ

Sat, 17 May 20251 min read

This is part two of my conversion story: the journey after I left the Christadelphians. If you missed it, here's part one Obedience is expensive. In this video, I walk through the practical and emotional cost of follo...

7. There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

The Thirty Sayings (7/30)

Mon, 12 May 20258 min read

Saying Seven Proverbs 23:1-3 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you; and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are...

The Sting of Biblical Bluntness

Weekly Text: Acts 13:1-12

Sun, 11 May 20254 min read

This story turns out to be a battle between the gospel-centred, Gentile-friendly expansion of the word of God, and the superstitious envyings of Jewish false religion. The church at Antioch, it seemed, had all the bel...

Leaving a False Religion: How I Became a Reformed Christian

Sat, 10 May 20251 min read

I grew up a Christadelphian. Eventually, I grew up into Christ, left the Christadelphians, and became a reformed Christian. This is part one of the story: how God led me out of a false religion into the historic Chris...

6. Don't Count on Being the Next Harry T

The Thirty Sayings (6/30)

Wed, 23 Apr 20255 min read

Saying Six Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before unknown men. Don’t count on being the next Harry T. “Hard work pays off,” your mother (probably)...