Russell Croft
Periecho Contributor
Russell has a heart for community and reaching out to the marginalised and forgotten. He is getting to know the God of infinite goodness and is living a joy-filled life with his wife Belinda and three children in South-East Queensland, Australia.
ARTICLES:
2020
October - The Pilgrim's Paradox - To Bind or to Loose in the Kingdom of Heaven
August - Faith, Peace and COVID19
June - Untangling the Trinity
April - So You Used To Be A Christian
April - Stepping Into the Void of Uncertainty
March - Effing with the Ineffable: Why we shouldn't teach the Bible to our Children
2019
November - The Prodigal Failure
October - Effing with the Ineffable - What the Bible is, and What It Isn't
September - Jesus has Left the Building
August - Your Repentance will not Save You
July - Why Christians Struggle with Grace and Acceptance
June - How Can We Stop the Destruction of Religious Freedom?
April - Jesus is not Lord
February - Secular Spirituality
2018
December - Exploring a Mothering Metaphor for God this Christmas
November - The Power of an Invisible Servant
October - When the Bible gives us the Wrong Answers
September - Fighting back against Trumpism, Globalism and dangerous ideologies (without making things worse)
June - Effing with the Ineffable - Making Room for Debate
May - Jesus by Any Other Name
April - Cut off Your Nose to Spite Your Faith
March - Should the Church Embrace Universal Reconciliation?
February - Effing with the Ineffable - Biblical Inerrancy and the Limitation of Language
2017
November - Heaven, Hell or Universalism - A Pilgrim's Dilemma
August - The Hypocrisy of Jesus
June - Loving Your Enemies As You Love Yourself
May - The Way, the Dude and the Life
April - What an Agnostic Jew's Biography of Muhammad Taught Me About Faith in Jesus Christ
January - The Pilgrim's Process - a Journey on the Narrow Road
2016
December - In the Beginning - Was Christmas
November - Harry Potter and the Blood of the Lamb
October - Fasting and Feasting - A 40 day Journey into the Wilderness
September - Deceived by God's Word
September - Faithful Servants, Talents and Evil Masters
August - How Denominations Destroy Faith
July - The Question of Control, The Question of Existence
June - Snakes, Fruit and Nudity - a Literal Look at the Dangly Bits of Eden
June - Loving Donald Trump, my "Least of These"
May - Confessions of a Sex Addict
April - Eating from the Tree of Good Judgment
March - The Incompetent God
March - Losing my Religion
January - Devil Worship in the Church