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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 -
Running the Church
In 2004 Paul Sinton-Hewitt began the Bushy Park Time Trial, a free, timed, 5k running event. This evolved into ‘parkrun’ and, at the latest count, there are parkruns... Read more -
Believe Jesus: Do Good Things
Hebrews 10:24-25:
Christianity is a community activity with a responsibility on all of us to help all of us! Moreover, there is meant to be some forcefulness in the... Read more -
Believe Jesus: Confidence
Hebrews 10:19-23
Confidence is important and a major theme of the letter to the Hebrews. Confidence gets things done, but as Christians we need to be clear that the... Read more -
Believe Jesus: A Perfect Sacrifice by a Perfect Person to...
Hebrews 10:1-18
Human beings are creatures that sacrifice. Even in cultures (like ours) which don’t offer obvious sacrifices to the gods, sacrifice is part of... Read more -
Believe Jesus: Blood
Hebrews 9:11-28
Every worldview identifies particular problems as being the most significant for humanity. They also usually offer a solution to this problem. However,... Read more -
Sexual Sentencing
I will be a minority voice here and am likely to stir up some aggravation by what I am about to say, which is that I felt a certain amount of disquiet about the doubling... Read more - Page ‹ First < 41 42 43 44 45 > Last ›