This Summer the news leaves me not knowing what to do – wanting to stop reading and hide from it all, wanting to despair, wanting to get on a plane to Iraq, or Israel, or Gaza or Liberia, as if that would help. But this week we’ve also had to deal with the tragic news...
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Why not sin this Summer?
It’s Summertime, you’re here and there with holidays, your mates from church are not around, other people are around, you’re not reading your bible as much so God seems far away, so … why not take your foot off the gas in the Christian life? Why not have a break from living wholeheartedly for God? ...
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Head Bangers, Blackshirts, and Human Rights without God …
There’s a plaque on Dock Street in the East End of London that commemorates “the Battle of Cable Street”: “The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End. They Shall...
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How much are you worth?
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. This isn’t a suggestion on what to ask new church members when the coffers are running low, but rather the primary area of disagreement between me and the BBC reporter who interviewed me...
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I want to be an addict… or do I?
1 Corinthians 16:15 You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Yes ministry is hard, but I have not yet sought solace in illegal substances. Yes we’d love to have a bit more money to spend on gospel work...
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What do I look like?
James 1:23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. One thing about going into print is that people remember what you wrote. They even quote it...
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Can you say the “D” word? (Or be more like Harry Potter!)
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 My dad is dying in hospital. There you go. I said it. Which is something that the medical staff find very hard to do. So, last week, when it looked like he only had a few minutes to live, a young doctor...
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Christ or Kung Fu Panda?
John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” This is my new “2 ways 2 live” tract for Christian contentment. I am a great fan of Kung Fu Panda (1 & 2). I...
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Easter 4 – Easter and the Searching Question
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep…” John 21:17 (ESV)...
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Easter 3 – Easter and the Victory for Justice
God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished – he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those...