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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
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    Everyone Drifts

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 15 July 2014   Visiting the States last month, I rented a car. Driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the road, with the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car takes a little getting... Read more
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    Presence, Participation, Peace

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 4 July 2014   Last weekend I spent rather too much time watching coverage of the Glastonbury Festival. Glastonbury is an extraordinary event: where else do vast crowds roar on... Read more
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    A Book Recommendation

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 1 July 2014   The current situation in Syria and Iraq is troubling, to say the least. Read more
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    The Charismatic and Culture: Reflections on 1994

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 12 June 2014   Warning: This is an essay-length post. A cup of coffee and twenty minutes are probably necessary if you decide to read on... Read more
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    A Little Systematic Defence

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 10 June 2014   Within theological circles, the discipline of biblical theology is making considerable ground over systematic theology. While I appreciate what biblical theology has to... Read more
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    Sabbatical

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 23 May 2014   It is seven years since I started blogging – at first on my own blogs (at one time I think I was juggling five at once), more recently here at THINK. Read more
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    Vote!

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 22 May 2014   Writing in the most recent edition of the London Review of Books (Vol.36, No.10), Perry Anderson gives a tour de force appraisal of Italian politics, beginning with a... Read more
  • In the brave new world, ‘true’ is just another word for ‘feasible’ image

    In the brave new world, ‘true’ is just another word for...

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 15 May 2014   In an important article, Michael Hanby explores the connections between marriage, procreation and reproductive technologies. Read more