Apparently, the BBC has received more positive feedback comments about the recent 4-part Nativity than any other broadcast in 2010. And I'm not surprised at all. It was the best thing on at Christmas - and in fact all year. For…
A very happy Christmas to all Q's readers The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. Matthew 4:16 (& Isaiah 9:1-2) In case (for whatever…
Sir Isaac Newton is a titan in world science, so it’s no surprise that he features on the very first, and the penultimate page of James Hannam’s excellent, 2009 book God’s Philosophers (which made it onto the shortlist for the 2010 Royal Society Prize for Science Books.
It doesn't happen often but last Sunday, one of our church stalwarts, Robert Willcox, led our corporate prayers so well that I thought they were worth reproducing here. Great stuff. Wouldn't have been out of place in The Valley of…
We came to the end of a series on the life of Solomon on Sunday morning and I had the dubious honour of handling the last bit. It struck me that Solomon's fall is one of the strangest and most…
It's an age away - and was rather an extraordinary idyll. But for our first 3 months of marriage, we lived in a little terrace house in Newnham, Cambridge, which was just a few minutes walk from Grantchester Meadows. It…
To some (especially Canadians), this is sacrilege. And I've definitely got issues about tampering with genius (as I hope you have). Christians especially waste far too much time aping the world's creativity and consequently only produce derivative pap. I particularly…
It was all so predictable. I suppose the only surprise is that it took 14 years to manifest itself. But it seems that the idyllic, picket-fence world of Disney's 'perfect' town, Celebration, is just a facade, as reports on Saturday…
For those who've not discovered her stuff, my sis-in-law, Miriam Jones' latest album (Fire-Lives) is a treat and a great way in to her music. Have listened to it loads in the last couple of weeks but it now comes…
A good friend of mine, Drew Wolff, has recently got back from a trip with his family to help on a Habitat building programme in Tijuana, Mexico. He sent these great pics. You'll see at the centre of the first…
STOP PRESS: Written Question in Parliament about Sherif:
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This is has been a very weird, virtual week, but weird in a rather wonderful way. Virtual not because it didn’t happen but because some of the exciting things that happened occurred online. But first, let Emma & Sherif set the scene after Sherif’s 20 days of unlawful detention in Egypt. (more…)
Sacred Treasure The dilemma for Iraqi Christians Charts showing the difference between NIV2011 and previous versions, and here. (HT Antony Billington) Full schedule of Lausanne III at Cape Town to see videos of main talks etc Bring Advent to life…