AMERICAS
Q Marks the Spot 140 (June 2020)
Sacred Treasure George Floyd left a Gospel legacy in Houston: tragedy piles on tragedy, but this is just one tiny glimmer of light. Having God
31st May 2020
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New York
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 25. Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America
This will probably seem a very odd inclusion into the Echoes series. After all, journalism is as ephemeral as it gets. Most of it is
6th May 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 4. Stoppard views the century from Leopoldstadt
Tom Stoppard is one of the greatest living playwrights. End of. His output has been remarkable so I’ve always been excited when news of new
26th February 2020
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AFRICA
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 113 (January 2018)
Happy New Year Y’all! Sacred Treasure Tim Keller wrote a helpfully argued piece for the New Yorker last month: Can Evangelicalism Survive Donald Trump and
1st January 2018
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apologetics
When the Good do Bad: David Brooks’ Reflections on Human nature
It’s not every day that you find a newspaper column quoting Calvin, C S Lewis and G K Chesterton without odium or censure. But that
21st March 2012
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21st Century
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 38 (November 2011)
Sacred Treasure Every human being is part of the global community; every Christian is part of the global church; and yet is amazing how little
1st November 2011
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21st Century
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 37 (October 2011)
Sacred Treasure Sinclair Ferguson has some great preaching tips in his Preacher’s Decalogue A friend of mine who works in Sarajevo, Bosnia has researched a
1st October 2011
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21st Century
9/11 through the lens of Revelation
It just so happened that on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, we had come to the second instalment off our romp through Revelation. And it
13th September 2011
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ARTS
A woman’s perspective: Girls in Trouble’s album “Half you half me”
A gentle, initially distant, rhythm guitar draws us into this album Half You Half Me by New York duo Girls in Trouble. But when the
28th June 2011
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Inconsistencies and Impositions in Victorian New York: the dangers of Christian presumptions
I didn’t quite know what to expect having picked this book up in the States last year. I think I assumed it would be something on
10th November 2010
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