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  • Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence, by Preston Sprinkle image

    Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence, by Preston Sprinkle

    Liam and Andrew have already given rave notices for this book and, in the light of their enthusiasm, I felt it was one I couldn’t ignore. My own journey on questions... Read more
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    Books of 2013

    In an email exchange with a friend from California about something else entirely I was asked what my top five books of 2013 were. It is already getting a bit late into... Read more
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    Christmas & the End of Segregation

    A few days back I posted some musings prompted by the death of Nelson Mandela. As well as that somewhat tangential post, Mandela’s death has caused me to reminisce... Read more
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    Musings on Mandela and Driscoll

    I first came across Mark Driscoll when an American friend gave me a copy of ‘The Radical Reformission’ soon after it was published (September 2004). I read it and... Read more
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    Generosity, Part 2

    Last week I posted on generosity. This is a follow up. Read more
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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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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