Spiritual Depression

By Martyn Lloyd Jones Lloyd-Jones’ Spiritual Depression transformed my life and ministry. It anchored my stumbling faith in the truth that a person is soul and body. In those not infrequent dark hours of doubt and uncertainty—mine and those shared with others—God has...

News – winter 2017

A place to call home in Otago Next year, TSCF Dunedin will expand its residential housing initiative, with four neighbouring houses replacing The Tree House. Life in the homes, called the Quarters, will be supported by two TSCF staff members and their families, who...

What is truth?

How to recover reality in an age of attractive illusions So, here we are, occupying our little place in space, our short moment in time. What do we know? More to the point, how do we know what we know is true? If we are gods, we can decide what is true and what isn’t....

Truth in the trenches

How to leverage finite knowledge in a world of clickbait and deadlines I received a call at the end of a busy day while stuck in traffic, so I was probably in a bad mood. However the caller proceeded to explain a scenario that would make most journalists sit up. They...

Have we left truth behind?

Even in a place and time where “post-truth” nabs Word of the Year, people still insist on making truth claims. We’re wired to know. So one of the biggest challenges we face as truth-believing Christians isn’t actually convincing people that truth exists. It is to...

Seeing Lincoln CF through a grad’s eyes

The nature of TSCF staff work is that we have to say goodbye to many people every year. The turnover of student missionaries is, from the temporary nature of study, high. Students are part of Christian fellowships for a few years, then they graduate and work...