ADVERSARIES DON’T NEED TO BE ENEMIES: two rugby captains model how
The captains of the two leading rugby nations locked in one of sport’s greatest rivalries, New Zealand rugby captain Ardie Savea and South Africa captain Siya Kolisi, recently modelled a truth we desperately need: ADVERSARIES DON’T NEED TO BE ENEMIES. Kolisi and Savea’s friendship offers a window through which the Church can look at the world’s most volatile conflicts — including Gaza and Iran — without surrendering to despair or polarization.
A TOXIC IDENTITY: a Christian sameness or a Christ consciousness?
IDENTITY, in many respects, becomes less about what we believe and more about who we belong to — less about what we stand for and more about who we stand with. Consider the following 25 point test to evaluate your own allegiances, and whether you have placed your identity in a source other than Christ
IT’S NOT TERRORISM WHEN WE DO IT: the plank-eye disease
A principle that has guided much of my outlook on life is a quote widely attributed to Stephen Covey: We judge ourselves by our motives, but others by their actions. Nowhere is this more evident today than in the narratives we use when speaking about the wars in the Middle East. And this principle was sharply highlighted in a recent article by Nate Bear titled: It’s Not Terrorism When We Do It! How do we aaddress this from a Christian perspective?
WHO IS REALLY WINNING THE WAR IN IRAN: a Christian response
The one question dominating headlines at the moment is: “Who is REALLY winning the Iran war?” Are we to believe President Donald Trump or should we accept the counter‑narrative that Iran is offering. This article offers a Christian response.
THE HUNGER CRIMES: the essence of the final judgement
After our recent encounter with Grace (https://thethirdway.org/answering-heavens-prayer-the-story-of-grace/) our hearts were stirred into a deeper search — not only for solutions, but for the kind of commitments that reshape how we live. Encounters like these become invitations. They unsettle us. They awaken us. They call us to look deeper – at the world and at ourselves.…
ANSWERING HEAVEN’S PRAYER: the story of Grace
Mark 10:49 Jesus stopped … What makes Mark 10:49 so profound is not only what Jesus did, but what He interrupted. He was surrounded by a crowd, pressed by urgency, on His way to ministry that everyone else thought was more important — and yet, He stopped. In a world that celebrates busyness, Jesus reveals…