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Freedom and faith: Scotland’s lockdown

April 20, 2021 by Matthew Baines

This has been a difficult year for Christians in Scotland, but one in which our convictions have been sharpened, our unity stretched, and the historic constitutional settlement in which we worship called into question. Our family moved from…

Christ’s body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)

April 16, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Are you a Roman? That is, are you the kind of person who really cares about organisation, strategy, pragmatics, and getting things done? The Roman Empire was famous for those things. And so the Romans ruled the world (or at least the Mediterranean…

Stories from Moore College Mission 2021: learning and partnership

April 13, 2021 by Ben George

“I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:1-2). As King David pens this psalm, he both remembers the…

Why I love the Apostle Paul

March 23, 2021 by Jane Tooher

The apostle Paul has been hated for 2000 years by many men and women, with endless papers, books and talks about how awful he was and how he got things so wrong. But that’s not the whole story. There are also many of us—including many women—who love…

Social media, content manipulation, and the light of the gospel

March 16, 2021 by Angus Martin

I once heard a phrase used in a philosophy discussion, “We’re swimming in streams.” It is a phrase that describes the concept of a worldview and the way we operate within that worldview. The way we unconsciously perform daily life. The thing that…

When vice presents as virtue: stopping sin before it’s too late

February 23, 2021 by Nathan Milham

‘Personal style’ is a popular term. It’s a way of articulating that God has made us with different wiring, different preferences, different habits and gifts. Our personal styles impact the way we serve in ministry and the roles we get asked to…

We boast in the Lord

February 18, 2021 by Ben George

In a great kindness of God, Moore Theological College has been blessed with a bumper crop of undergraduate on-campus students in 2021. Our full-time, on campus, bachelor level course intake has doubled. We have also had an increase in the percentage…