As we move towards our Easter Services at All Saints, our music group are learning a new song for [email protected]. The first line of the chorus is, “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death.” At Easter we can marvel at the breathtaking wisdom of our God, that He destroyed our great...
Category: Martin’s Musings
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My 3rd Letter to Brian Cox
Background: Inspired by David Robertson’s “The Dawkins Letters”, I’m writing a series of short letters to Brian Cox in light of his new series, The Human Universe. Read 1st letter here, and 2nd letter here. Dear Brian Cox, I do hope you’re still with me. I’m writing several letters to try and keep things brief...
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My 2nd Letter to Brian Cox
My 2nd Letter to Brian Cox Background: Inspired by David Robertson’s “The Dawkins Letters”, I’m writing a series of short letters to Brian Cox in light of his new series, The Human Universe. Read the 1st letter here. Dear Brian Cox, You’ve certainly seen the world, during your series. It’s hard not to be envious...
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My 1st Letter to Brian Cox
My 1st Letter to Brian Cox Background: Inspired by David Robertson’s “The Dawkins Letters”, I’m writing a series of short letters to Brian Cox in light of his new series, The Human Universe. Dear Brian Cox, Congratulations on your TV series, “The Human Universe”. It has been extremely well thought out, and marvellously well produced. ...
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Reflecting on U2’s new album
What causes us trouble? I’ve been listening to U2’s new album, Songs of Innocence. Do you have it? The chances are, you might have it without even realizing. It was given for free to over 500 million people by being placed unordered into our iTunes accounts. I did find it interesting that this caused so...
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Reflecting on Robin Williams
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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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...
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