Welcome to the webpage of blogger, author and speaker, John Spencer. Choose a category of writing below.
A satirical translation that seeks to open our eyes to our over-familiarity, bias and hidden assumptions.
Since we’re made in God’s image, then if we look at God we’ll understand more about our sexuality, identity, desires, marriages and parenting.
In the tradition of CS Lewis: “children’s stories” that speak of deeper truths.
Dad, are willys rude? (teach your children godly sexuality)
God made willys and so they’re not rude – but you can do rude things with them like talk about them in a bad way.
Matt 3:13-17 The Baptism of John
Baptism under John was a public declaration of turning away from sin. So why did Jesus go to John to be baptised?
Am I a bad parent? (godly parenting)
Do you feel like you’re a rubbish parent? Do you feel like you are damaging your children? Let me tell you about a couple I know of. The wife was only about 13 or 14 and was naïve and inexperienced. She married a husband who was much older than her and was a manual...
The Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37)
Now by chance a certain Charismatic came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Why is God expressed principally as masculine in the Bible? (godly sexuality)
“God is so masculine that we all (male and female) are feminine in relation to Him.”
CS Lewis
Matt 3:1-12 John the Firebrand and punishment
If God was into the business of punishing us then we would all be in hell right now.