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.
Unity not uniformity
There’s some fantastic laws in Leviticus (no really!) that contain immense truth: Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material. (Lev 19:19) And in...
Immature giftings (godly parenting)
I had a fight last week with one of my daughters who pushed her brother and then wouldn't own up or apologise. She was so stubborn that I had to send her to her room whilst I calmed down. Back track 11 years to when we had her dedication at church. Whilst it was a...
How to stop looking at a woman lustfully (godly desire)
*Content warning* This post discusses desires in a frank but godly way. All Christian men know the passage: "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." (Mt 5:28) The problem is we don't know is how...
Speak to the desires of the heart (teach your children godly sexuality)
So one of my boys kept lifting up the skirt of one of my girls to see their knickers. An excellent opportunity to talk about godly sexuality with them I thought... So true to form I followed the principles I give in my workshop and talked about the goodness and the...
Wired for intimacy part 2 (godly sexuality)
We saw in our previous post that babies brains are pre-wired to see faces and in particular their initial focus of their eyes is designed to see only those who hold them close, such as the mother who feeds them. This is a shadow of the spiritual reality that we are...
Wired for intimacy part 1 (godly sexuality)
Before we had our first miracle baby we read the book "The Social Baby" which shows that even from birth babies are wired to seek faces over other images: "Within minutes of birth, the baby will turn her head to the sound of someone's voice, when another sound, even...