CapeTownRiver Cropped2.jpg

Stef Benstead

​

​

​

 

Let justice roll like a river, righteousness like a never-ending stream

0
  • Home

  • Second Class Citizens

  • Publications

  • About

  • Blog

  • Twitter

  • More

    • Twitter - Second Class Citizens
    • All Posts
    • Behind the curtains
    • Christian Living blog
    • Economy
    • ESA
    • Illness and God
    • PIP
    • Social Policy Blog
    • UC
    • Travel
    • My Top 5
    • Art & Culture
    • Chronic illness
    Search
    • Jan 10
    • 3 min

    Review: Neither Poverty Nor Riches, Part 1

    This morning I started reading the book Neither Poverty Nor Riches by the American Craig L Blomberg. I can’t tell you how refreshing I fo...

    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Types of undeserving poor

    This is the third of three blog posts triggered by the book, The Myth of Undeserving Poor, which I recently finished reading. If you read...

    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Grace to the undeserving poor

    In my last blog post I discussed the myth of the undeserving poor, referencing a number of articles which prove the tenacity of the UK wo...

    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Myth of the Undeserving Poor

    I recently finished reading The Myth of the Undeserving Poor: a Christian response to poverty in Britain today by Martin Charlesworth and...

    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Not Just (or even?) For the Poor

    II recently picked up the Church of England’s (CofE) 1986 report on the welfare state, Not Just For the Poor. It’s only 138 pages, so it ...

    • Nov 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    A challenge to rethink what the Old Testament laws mean for Christians today

    Recently I have started listening to the back catalogue of podcasts from the Messiah Matters (previously, I think, the Rob and Caleb Show...

    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Charity is not enough

    One argument that I sometimes hear from those who are perhaps more right-wing politically, including Christians, is that our response to ...

    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    On All Saints' Day, where are the saints?

    My heart would have been full this week if my body weren’t so weary. My heart would be full because the outpouring of community spirit th...

    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Is Philanthropy Christian?

    I have been thinking recently about what Christian lending and borrowing would look like if we tried to incorporate Biblical principles, ...

    • Jul 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Some thoughts on pro-active help

    My church has an evening meeting on Sundays, either a bible study and discussion or a prayer session. Every Sunday evening it makes me de...

    • Jun 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Prayer, repentance and common humanity

    We prayed today for the aftermath of the death of George Floyd at the knee of a white police officer. We prayed for his family, for the u...

    • May 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Spiritual prayers in physical suffering

    This evening we had a Bible study on Ephesians 1:15-23 and the prayer it contains. Paul was writing to a church he had spent two years te...

    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Where is the church? The role of the church in coronavirus

    There is a major issue around where I live that the churches lack credibility in the community. This is a longstanding issue stemming fro...

    • Apr 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Practicing what you preach. The role of the church in coronavirus

    Bible study: Luke 5:17-26 The story of the paralysed man is familiar to many Christians. Four men bring their paralysed friend to Jesus f...

    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Anything you can do, we don't need to? The role of the church in coronavirus

    I am terribly afraid that what the coronavirus crisis is teaching us is that politics is the answer to people’s problems. That what we ne...

    • Apr 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Interpreting disability in light of Scripture – part two

    This is the second of two posts based on an article by the BBC entitled “The Disabled Christians reinterpreting the Bible”. The gist of t...

    • Apr 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Interpreting disability in light of Scripture – part one

    On Sunday 28th April 2019 the BBC published an article about ‘Disabled Christians reinterpreting the Bible”. The gist of the article is t...

    • Mar 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    The meaning of rest: part two

    A while ago I wrote about rest. I wasn’t sure how it could be fitted in with the necessarily busy lives that many, particularly those wit...

    • Jul 19, 2017
    • 5 min

    Self-help Christianity

    Recently I had a conversation with a church leader. We had a good conversation ranging over several topics, some at a bit of a tangent. O...

    • Jul 2, 2017
    • 3 min

    Conservatives, Christianity and the Benefits System

    We might be responsible for getting ourselves into a mess, but does that make us ‘responsible’ for getting ourselves out of it? I use quo...

    1
    2