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    Being Happy

    It’s the International Day of Happiness this Sunday. The Day of Happiness was launched by the United Nations in 2012, when the UN called on all 193 member states to... Read more
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    Andy Stanley and Dunbar Dynamics

    The Sunday before last Andy Stanley accused those who attend smaller churches of selfishness: "When I hear adults say 'well I don't like a big church. I like about 200,... Read more
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    What are you talking about?

    I’ve been preparing some teaching on culture that I have to do in a couple of weeks. Culture is something we live in, but can be oblivious to. You’ve heard the... Read more
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    Living Risky

    This week the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued new guidance warning that there is no safe or healthy way to get a tan from sunlight. This... Read more
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    Happy in God, Happy in Life

    In his resoundingly brilliant book, The Happy Christian, David Murray relates a study of KPMG tax auditors and managers. Apparently they were a particularly unhappy... Read more
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    A Philosophy of Wine

    Give me a Hart, I raise you a Scruton. Read more
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    What Is Evangelicalism?

    What is evangelicalism? This is a question we have both skirted around and dived into a number of times at THINK, and it is a significant one. Andrew has previously... Read more
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    The First American Evangelical

    Recently a colleague asked me to recommend some good biographies for him to read. I found this a harder request to respond to than it should have been.
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    Dust to Dust

    It’s funny how theological ideas come along like busses. Having not come across anything about the virtues of Christian burial over cremation for years, over Christmas... Read more
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    Ashes to Ashes

    Philip Larkin famously described life as slow dying. A somewhat morbid thought, but not an inappropriate one at the end of one year and the beginning of another.... Read more