By Ben Swift When Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall, when Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, why couldn’t all the king’s horses and all the king’s men put Humpty together again? The story of Humpty Dumpty reminds us of a truth that gets to the heart of humanity’s inability to put themselves back together [...]
By Ben Swift What is truth? And where can we find it? While many claim to hold answers to this question, meaning and purpose can only be found in ultimate truth; truth that exists at the centre of all reality. For Christians, this truth is rooted in the answer to the question, “Who is Christ?” [...]
The Christian life is a struggle in many ways. As Christians, we wrestle both with the internal and the external. As the Holy Spirit works in the Christian to transform them, conforming them to the likeness of Christ (Romans 8:29), there is an ongoing struggle between conflicting natures within. This audio post is a [...]
I was recently invited by Vision Christian Radio's Neil Johnson as a special guest to discuss my book Beyond the Fish Sticker and to answer some questions from callers. What a great but challenging experience as with anything done live. If you're interested in having a listen, see the link below. Please feel free to [...]
What an incredible thought, we have been created to personally relate to our creator, God! And not only this, but we’ve been gifted with the ability to ask questions and to reflect on what the things of this life really mean. And isn’t this where all human beings find themselves at some point in life, [...]
By Ben Swift Theologian Karl Barth who when asked after a lifetime of theological research and contemplation, “What have you learned?” answered, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” But does this seemingly simple response provide a satisfactory answer? It certainly feels like we need something beyond the playful words [...]
By Ben Swift Reflecting on Nietzsche’s news of the death of God and the rise of Postmodernism, James Sire noted in his book ‘The Universe Next Door’ that the age in which we now live, finds itself afloat in a pluralism of perspectives, a multitude of philosophical possibilities, but with no true north for which [...]
