Sacred Treasure Phil Whittall is on a roll with some good posts recently - this is a very interesting on about the early church and their handling of child sexual abuse This looks like an important book: Marcus Paul's The…
Those in the UK will have undoubtedly heard by now of the horrors inflicted on young men in the 1970s and early 80s by John Smyth QC. He was able to meet them and 'disciple them' through the network of…
A week's meetings in Accra, Ghana last month gave the chance to visit a place I'd long known about but couldn't visualise. There are many of these horrors dotted along Africa's Atlantic coast. One of the most intact is Elmina…
Sacred Treasure In the wake of the shocking and untimely death of Mike Ovey (Principal of Oak Hill), here are some of the best tributes: Dan Strange (vice-Principal) - By faith we let them go The Australian perspective - Moore…
In a weird parallel to Bowie's Blackstar, Leonard Cohen was to die just a few days after You Want It Darker came out. He also wrote and recorded it while battling terminal illness. Mortality is understandably central to the album's concerns, therefore -…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here's HOPING that 2017 is a LOT better than 2016! Sacred Treasure Michael Kruger effectively dismantles yet another (groan) claim that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene A lovely obit of Helen Roseveare: A woman of whom…