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.
Matt 1:18-35 The Birth of Jesus Christ
God is not calling us to a perfect life where everything is Christmassy but to a life of tough choices where our obedience will release the resources of heaven to bring hope and freedom to others.
Matt 1:1-17 Abridged genealogy of Jesus (Not the Bible)
Have you ever believed the lie that because of your family history you are cut off from God’s blessing? That there is going to be a limit to the great things you can achieve?
Parenting with faith or fear (godly parenting)
A couple of weekends ago I took my son on a dads & lads weekend. Since the car journey was about 4 hours to get to the activity centre I brought some conversation starter questions with me. One of them was "what is something I always say to you?" His reply to me...
Trump, Clinton or Christ?
We have just witnessed one of the most divisive presidential campaigns in American history that has the potential to destroy everything. Even though I'm British and started watching as an outsider, I eventually found myself taking one side. This led me to question a...
Destination sickness (godly desire)
***CONTENT WARNING*** This is a vulnerable post about my journey to sexual wholeness and may not be appropriate for minors nor for those of a sensitive nature I think one of the biggest lies about the Christian life is that Christians think it is a destination rather...
Gender differences: conflict or complement (godly sexuality)
As we saw in our last post, male and female together make up the full image of God and so both are needed if we are to glorify God. We saw that they are created different to represent the plurality of our Three-in-One God and they were created for unity. It was the...