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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church planting
18th Century
‘O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici’: now an e-book!
The clamour was simply whelming and resistible. The crowds beating down the front door were truly singular. So I capitulated and gave the fan what
26th March 2021
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abuse
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 8. Circumnavigating Church ‘Inner-Rings’
This one’s been a struggle, strangely. Hence the delay. I keep returning to the fact that Lewis’ original essay is entirely sufficient on the matter.
18th December 2020
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architecture
Q Marks the Spot 145 (November 2020 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure So timely and helpful: Paul Tripp’s 12 principles for Christian leadership. 12 short videos to accompany his new Crossway book. And while we’re
1st November 2020
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AFRICA
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 3. All In It Together?
There is a fine line between global-sized passion and totalizing imperial zeal. When that fact goes unacknowledged by Christian movers and shakers, we have a
10th October 2020
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21st Century
Q Conversations 5: Politician Elizabeth, Baroness Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge, until very recently, was the youngest woman in the House of Lords, the UK’s upper house in Parliament. Raised to the peerage in the
29th January 2014
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20th Century
Q Conversations 4: Jazz Singer and Photographer Ruth Naomi Floyd
While I was in the States at the end of last month, I had an afternoon to kill in Philadelphia. So the completely obvious thing
8th May 2013
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16th Century
The British Empire was never quite what you thought: John Darwin’s Unfinished Empire
Nearly 10 years ago, a dear friend of mine was addressing a gathering of Ugandan MPs in the Parliament building in Kampala (around the 40th
10th February 2013
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CHURCH
When the living have to bury their own dead
Church-planters probably never even consider factoring this in when they start. That was certainly the case for some friends of mine in Turkey. For who
7th November 2012
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apologetics
To pund or not to pund? The baits and traps of tweology
It is a great sadness to me that the word ‘pund’ does not exist. This is no doubt because the English ‘pundit’ is actually a corruption of
6th February 2012
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The pathology of ecclesial autocrats
Some news this week has left me feeling very depressed indeed. These thoughts have been buzzing round my mind for years, but I’ve been provoked
9th April 2010
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Flickering Pixels and Message Shaping Media
A couple of weeks ago, I was involved in the EA’s Digimission day with such online luminaries as Jonny Baker & Maggi Dawn – quite
17th December 2009
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