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    An Englishman in La Manche

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 23 October 2014   While Andrew has been swanning about in New York I've just got back from speaking at Cherbourg Baptist Church. Alongside the things I was expecting to enjoy - singing... Read more
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    Keep it Cheap, Simple

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 9 October 2014   As the father of four daughters I cannot exactly claim to be totally dispassionate on the subject of weddings. Read more
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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