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Reflections on ‘Bleeding for Jesus’
Many of us have been waiting for Andrew Graystone’s book about the John Smyth abuses and Iwerne camp culture for a while now. Well, it’s
12th October 2021
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CHRISTIAN LIFE
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Q Marks the Spot 156 (October 2021)
Sacred Treasure David Taylor has a really helpful and constructive piece out: 10 Beatitudes for the use of Social Media Eddie Arthur is excellent here,
1st October 2021
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A sorry tale of customer incompetence, corporate greed, and mealy-mouthed rhetoric
I’ve been very fortunate indeed because, as a doctoral student in St Louis, I’ve had a USA student visa throughout the pandemic. Which has meant
29th September 2021
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biblical theology
I Am A Leader (a thought experiment)
Here is something I’ve been playing around with for a bit, a tangent to the O Tempora O Mores series. I’ll just post it here
11th September 2021
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21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 155 (September 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Where is good and evil in Afghanistan by Tom Bowring (c/o Psephizo) For important historical background, one can’t do much better than William
3rd September 2021
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BIBLE
The Disarming Compassion of God
Earlier this month, I had the honour of giving the Bible Readings at Week 3 of the Keswick Convention. In part because my day job
31st August 2021
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AFRICA
Q Marks the Spot 154 (August 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Everything I’ve picked up over recent years confirms this. An extraordinary religious revolution underway in Iran. In the Guardian of all places: God-given
1st August 2021
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21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 152 (June 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure There’s just so much going on these days, so much that is discombobulating, disturbing, and downright dysfunctional. Trying to get one’s head around
1st June 2021
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21st Century
Grappling with Honour/Shame in UK political culture (guest post)
This post is a little different from normal Q fare and is written by MJ, a friend who has been involved in various ways in
14th May 2021
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20th Century
Q Marks The Spot 151 (May 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Unherd is a site full of slightly outside-the-box or non-PC writing with some fascinating contributors like Douglas Murray, Giles Fraser and Tom Holland.
1st May 2021
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‘O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!’ 18. Reasons for the new Cross-Examined chapters
Twenty years ago, Cross-Examined came out. It was my first and, as the result of UCCF keeping the pot simmering through staffworkers’ distribution and Relay
23rd April 2021
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CHRISTIAN LIFE
‘O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!’ 17. The Shoot-The-Messenger Syndrome
Not so long ago, the first anniversary of the UK’s Covid lockdowns starting was marked. ‘Celebrated’ is obviously not the word. And we’ve all gone
9th April 2021
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