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Generosity
This term I have been preaching a series on our church’s values and last Sunday was on the theme of generosity. In the run up to Christmas this is a good theme to... Read more -
A Mission of Grace
In the (nearly) six years that I have led the church I am now at there have probably been two themes I have emphasised over all others. I’m pretty sure that an... Read more -
Silliness, Irony, and Straight Talking
We have posted a fair bit here in response to the ‘Strange Fire’ conference – quite possibly more than the subject deserved. I can’t recall ever reading a... Read more -
Strange Fire
Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he had not... Read more -
Surviving Christmas
I’m not sure why, but getting to the second half of October seems to have started everyone off talking about Christmas. One of my children has written how many days... Read more -
Name Me This
I went for a haircut this morning. A young guy cut it, which is noteworthy in itself – before he turned up I don’t think I’d had a man cut my hair in a dozen or... Read more -
What the Judge Really Said
The news that a man from Ohio is very much alive but legally dead is amusing as well as (in the words of the judge) a “strange, strange situation.” As a Brit there... Read more -
Swallowing Camels
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister announced (to some fanfare) that from 2015 supermarkets will be made to charge customers 5p for plastic bags. This announcement by... Read more -
The Pope’s Evangelistic Own Goal
The other day I was out on a bike ride with a friend when an unexpected theological question was lobbed into our conversation. Had I, wondered my friend, heard the... Read more - Page ‹ First < 40 41 42 43 44 > Last ›