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We sow, God saves.
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Introduction

These commentaries are the result of my personal experience and study. They reflect my perspective on Christian doctrine—the narrative that shapes a believer’s faith—and how that narrative influences our ability to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. Today, Christianity often seems disconnected from the broader cultural conversation—reduced, in many ways, to an inconvenient subculture that increasingly grapples with spiritual diversity and social identity. This growing irrelevance raises a pressing question: why has the Church drifted so far from meaningful engagement with society? What concerns me most is how rarely this issue is addressed. Leadership from the pulpit is more focused on the organisation of the institution itself—an oversight that, in my view, has a direct and damaging effect on the health of the Church.

About Me

My earliest experiences were shaped, but not led, by a Christian view of life—a position that continued for 40 years before I made a personal decision to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. In 2001, I was part of a leadership team that welcomed a new Pastor to our Church. Not long after, we were confronted with a series of theological and relational challenges that ultimately split the congregation in two. It took three subsequent Pastors and many years for the Church to heal from this division. I still recall the sadness, anger, and disillusionment that followed—the sense of confusion—the lingering weight of unanswered questions. Through that experience, I realised two things—that I knew very little about why I believed; and second, that whatever I did know wasn’t truly my own.

My Latest Commentary

Trevor Strange Trevor Strange

The Dark Road to Personal Pleasure

Hedonism, an ethical theory that suggests pleasure; as in the satisfaction of our own personal desires, is the highest good, and the proper aim of all human life. Today we see this pursuit of pleasure over responsibility in many forms. It might be a pleasure that overrides the responsibility of building financial well-being, personal gratification over commitment to family, or social insurrection at the expense of others. The greater moral good has been replaced by short-term personal gratification, which is accompanied by a dangerous preoccupation with blaming others for anything that offends a victim's view of reality. It's as if the accident of living gives us an intrinsic right to anything we deem pleasurable, at the expense of others. Many don't seem to realize they've succumbed to a distorted view of reality, a view that will ultimately lead to self-destructive, and sadly not produce the pleasure that might be imagined in the long term. In fact, loneliness might be an unexpected outcome.

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