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    Welcome More Babies

    Parenting can be hard work. Grace and I have certainly experienced the lows as well as the highs with our four children. But underpinning our parenting are theological... Read more
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    Welcoming the Baby

    In January Andrew noticed that we might have a problem with demographics – that declining birth rates might be the biggest problem our society faces. I’d made a... Read more
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    On Domestication

    In Remaking the World, Andrew strays far beyond the confines of the year 1776 to consider what factors contributed to the west becoming economically dominant. One of... Read more
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    Shoplifting and the Rise of Shame

    The UK is in the midst of a ‘shoplifting epidemic’, with shop thefts having more than doubled in the last three years.

    Why is this?
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    More Books of the Year 2023

    I’m sure that many of Andrew’s fans, like me, felt somewhat short-changed by his pared down Top 20 this year. We have been denied that moment of delicious... Read more
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    The Secret to Pastoral Longevity

    From Wesley’s Journals:
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    Slippery Slopes & Finding Allies

    Does egalitarian theology inevitably lead to an acceptance of same sex relationships?
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  • This isn’t about same sex marriage. It’s about the authority of scripture. image

    This isn’t about same sex marriage. It’s about the...

    If you haven't already seen it, this is worth a few minutes of your time - from last week's synod of the Church of England. Read more
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    Coffeehouse Christianity

    On a visit to Norwich John Wesley records his displeasure at the leadership of the local Methodist preachers. He determines to ‘mend them or end them’. The cause of... Read more
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    The State We’re In

    How do we know when a civilisation is nearing its end? If one sign is a general ennui, listlessness, lethargy, then we could well be almost there. We are always prone to... Read more