Guy Sebastian’s ‘Guilty’ Prayer
By: Stephen McAlpine
What a simple prayer in a tough moment reminds us about coming back to God.
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Christmas Carols: God’s Reminder That He Has No Plan B
By: Stephen McAlpine
Never waste a good Advent season I say! Never waste the opportunity that this slim time in the church calendar gives us to offer our people – and the watching world – a fully orbed biblical picture of God’s plan to save the world through his covenant relationship with his people Israel.
What’s That Giant “t” On Your Roof?
By: Stephen McAlpine
So a Canadian pastor got in touch with me a few days ago to say that he’d discovered my blog (always nice), and that he liked what I wrote (even nicer), and that it rang true for the Canadian scene as well (nicest of all!).
Maybe not “More Christians” but definitely “More Christian” Christians.
By: Stephen McAlpine
Are we getting more Christians in the West? Or less? Is there a quiet revival? Or is that just noisy hope?
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Death By A Thousand Cuts: Gen Z and That Quiet Revival
By: Stephen McAlpine
Depending on how your social media algorithm is configured – mine is a bewildering mix of conservative theology, Forrest Frank songs, and cats singing K-Pop (thanks to my eldest daughter for that one) – you’re unlikely to have scrolled for long before coming across evidence of what is being termed ‘The Quiet Revival.’
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Failing Boys and Wrong Men
By: Stephen McAlpine
Boys To Men?
The so-called whipping boys for our cultural sins these days are actual boys. We hear and read it all of the time. Boys are failing and men are wrong. So go the headlines. And there is much handwringing by the powers that be as they seek to address this. Read more
Mind The Gap! A Cautionary Tale for Christian Leaders (and the Rest of Us)
By: Stephen McAlpine
Have you seen or heard that warning on a train system, “Mind the Gap”?
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Dumbing Things Down – Letting the Holy Spirit Move
By: Stephen McAlpine
Dumb Phones
Okay, so it’s not the blog post you think it is going to be. Read more
Tide of Faith or Spiritual Tsunami?
By: Stephen McAlpine
One of the more chilling photos of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami is of a family of holidaymakers standing in the shallows of the withdrawn sea, as the water come barrelling in again. Read more
Special Religious Education in Schools Is Tracking With the Vibe Shift.
By: Stephen McAlpine
The vibe change that is sweeping the Western world, and sweeping up religious observance with it, would seem to be landing on the shores of government schools. Read more