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    Romans In 1000 Words

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 23 July 2015   I've just come to the end of a preaching series on Paul's letter to the Romans and have tried to summarise the entire letter in a thousand words (well, 1,054 words... Read more
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    Planned Parenthood a Week On

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 21 July 2015   By a quirk of timing I was one of the first few hundred viewers of that Planned Parenthood video, and immediately linked to it on Think. A week on it has been viewed... Read more
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    The Abortion Debate Steps Up A Gear

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 14 July 2015   I think this is going to be a big story - certainly in the US: the Planned Parenthood doctor caught in a sting operation, describing how body parts of aborted foetuses... Read more
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    That Glorious Gospel Train

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 14 July 2015   Normally when exercising I go unplugged. Even when marathon training and doing long two or three hour runs I don’t listen to music, preferring to hear what is going on... Read more
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    Exile and Influence

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 7 July 2015   In exploring intellectual history the means by which new ideas gain credibility and influence is fascinating. Why do some philosophies find fertile soil and become... Read more
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    Interpreting the Signs

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 2 July 2015   A week on and we haven't said much here (well, nothing really) about the US Supreme Court's ruling regarding same-sex marriage. Largely this is because we had a lot to... Read more
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    Keeping gospel clarity in a world that prefers to blur

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 30 June 2015   In his fascinating lectures on European intellectual history, Frank Turner makes the observation that, ‘If a person of intellectual maturity in 1800 had reawakened in... Read more
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    Violence: A Modern Obsession

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 16 June 2015   A few months ago I asked my congregation for a show of hands. 'Who' I asked, 'Since leaving school, has NOT been punched in the face?’ Almost every hand went up. Read more
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    Is it Because I is Black?

    Matthew Hosier  |  Mon 15 June 2015   A decade or so ago Ali G became famous for his catchphrase, ‘Is it because I is black?’ The alter-ego of white, Jewish, Cambridge educated Sacha Baron Cohen, Staines... Read more
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    Reasons to be Thankful

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 9 June 2015   Hard to believe it is only four weeks since the UK general election. It feels like a different era altogether. Read more