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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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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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abuse
‘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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abuse
‘O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!’ 16. Healthy Power Exercise
Some of you will know that the combination of Healthy + Power + Exercise is not one that crosses my lips often. I’m rubbish at
7th April 2021
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16th Century
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 15. Blinkered about the systemic?
I love the British Museum. It’s a treasure house and a marvel. It covers the entire world and even just a few minutes within its
17th March 2021
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20th Century
The Stott Legacy podcast has LAUNCHED!
Very excited to announce that the first two episodes of our new podcast THE STOTT LEGACY have aired. I meant to do this last week
23rd February 2021
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Ancient History
Q Marks the Spot 148 (February 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure If you haven’t yet come across her or her work, then the time has come, Ruth Naomi Floyd is a precious friend and
1st February 2021
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20th Century
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 10. A milestone and a decision
Something Hugh said at that meeting in Sheffield has been etched on my memory every since. I’d only been in ordained ministry perhaps 2 or 3 years and we were having our normal post-Summer catchup and planning session.
We would habitually begin with a short devotional, but that day, Hugh was in reflective mood. Only a few weeks before, he’d celebrated his 50th birthday, and now he openly described how affecting that milestone had been. If memory serves, it was on the lines of “I now realize that I have more years of formal ministry behind me than ahead of me.”
20th January 2021
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16th Century
Q Marks the Spot 147 (January 2021 Treasure Map)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hoping 2021 is better than 2020!! Sacred Treasure Sad to begin 2021 like this, but I felt it was unavoidable. The repercussions
1st January 2021
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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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