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We've been doing a series of devotional videos out of Mark's Gospel this term, and the other day it finished unexpectedly: with me explaining why I don't think Mark 16:9-20 was the original ending of...

Jean Twenge’s new book 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World came out last month and is the latest in a recent stream of titles calling out the threat of smartphones and social media for...

There is something about Revelation 4-5 that seems to bamboozle certain songwriters. Preachers and commentators on this passage, and most readers in my experience, can see that the One seated on the...

Matthew Syed's book Black Box Thinking is a fascinating exploration of why failure is your friend. In this passage he considers the common practice of brainstorming, whereby everyone throws out ideas...

Ideally, a good translation of the word authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12 – “I do not permit a woman to teach or have/exercise/assume/take/usurp authority over a man” - would provide satisfying...

I have always regarded (and defended) the BBC as impressively neutral. My general rule of thumb is that when you hear people complaining about the national broadcaster being biased in favour of...

Five years ago today England went into the second full covid lockdown. This was a truly significant event, the repercussions of which on work patterns, the economy, education and mental health are...

Does Nehemiah become self-righteous towards the end of the book that bears his name? When we are introduced to him in chapter 1, he is repenting thoroughly for his own sins as well as the sins of the...