Viewing 549 posts by Matthew Hosier

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    The Power of Shame

    A couple of years ago Justine Sacco tweeted an ill advised joke to her 170 followers as she was about to board a plane to Cape Town: ‘Going to Africa. Hope I don’t... Read more
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    What I Do With The “I”

    Last week I published the results of the “i-Poll”. The question I had asked was, who do you think Paul is talking about in the “I” of Romans 7?

    The results came...
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    Baseless Boasting

    Boastfulness is part of human life. Actually, it is probably part of all sentient life: just ask a chicken where she stands in the pecking order. Read more
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    The i-Poll

    Last week I asked who people thought the 'I' of Romans 7 refers to. Read more
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    Lent and the ‘I’

    We are in Lent, and that must mean Andrew is taking a break from posting - only this year he's being so godly about it that he hadn't even warned me in advance. Such... Read more
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    How Will Evangelicals Vote?

    The Anglican church has been in the news this week with its pre-election comments, but here is an extract from a press release by the Evangelical Alliance, revealing the... Read more
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    Need and Desire

    Following my recent outburst regarding the quality of Christian books, Crossway were kind enough to send me a freebie. Read more
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    Religious Freedom

    In case you haven't already seen it, here is the press release from the Evangelical Alliance about the launch of the Religious Liberty Commission. Read more
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    Genetic Progress?

    Today the House of Commons is likely to vote in favour of allowing the creation of 'three-parent children'. Read more
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    Planting Trees

    We live in strange times. Strangely, I’m not going to increase my popularity with this post. Read more