Topic: Law

Letting go of the idea that we can earn God’s favour is very difficult for most people, but it is a key to enjoying the fullness of life and grace.

The ten commandments are not a measure of our moral accomplishment, but a gift offered to God by a grateful covenant people.

The incoming Kingdom of God often challenges conventional social norms to such an extent that it is perceived as anarchic or even evil.

In Jesus, God is calling us to see and hear a gospel that takes us beyond rule making and sacred violence.

Perhaps when law and order perpetuate injustice, God is on the side of the scammers and swindlers.

Love is both command and promise and is what gives meaning to all our offerings to God.

Icons, as representations of the incarnation rather than images of God, can serve to open us to God rather than becoming alternatives to God.

The New Testament teachings on the priority of the spirit of the law over the traditional interpretations of it actually give us a biblical basis on which to reevaluate our understandings of sexual purity.