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    Symbolically Speaking

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 7 October 2014   I’ve been writing up some notes on ecclesiology for a training session I’ve got coming up. A couple of days worth of teaching material on the church has, of course,... Read more
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    Pray for Kevin

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 3 October 2014   I first met Kevin Bruursema at a TGC conference in Chicago in 2011. Read more
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    Humility

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 30 September 2014   The other day one of my church members said to me, "I've started reading Andrew Wilson's blog - it's really good! And I see you appear on it sometimes too." Read more
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    Berry’s Vision

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 26 September 2014   I have been working my way through Wendell Berry’s novels about the imagined community of Port William. Read more
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    The Single Most Important Issue Facing the UK?

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 25 September 2014   The Evangelical Alliance recently underook one of their periodic surveys into the political attitudes of Christians in the UK. Read more
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    Busy is Blasphemy

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 23 September 2014   The other evening I was involved in a fairly intense pastoral counselling session. We were drawing to a close and talking about the next time we needed to get together... Read more
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    For What We Will Receive…

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 18 September 2014   While preaching through the books of Judges and 1 Samuel earlier this year I made the observation to my congregation that as a general principle (an extension of the... Read more
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    The Great Bake Off Scandal

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 29 August 2014   When she was in her twenties, my mum worked for a while as Mary Berry’s assistant, and this has always meant that my family has felt a kind of proprietary interest in... Read more
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    A Time To Weep

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 8 August 2014   Doubtless, many will be rejoicing at the news of the removal of Mars Hill Church and Mark Driscoll from Acts 29. All those complaints and accusations and ‘I told you... Read more
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    Short Cuts

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 18 July 2014   Some things that have caught my attention this week... Read more