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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 2 Comments

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 2 Comments

apologetics

“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 6. Who needs a hero?

This is the 6th post in a short series trying to grapple with today’s sense of malaise in British evangelicalism. One of my favourite novels

4th November 2020 1 Comment

19th Century

Q Marks the Spot 137 (March 2020)

Sacred Treasure There has been much heat and hurt recently about power abuse and church ministry. It is something that I’ve been working on and

1st March 2020 1 Comment

20th Century

2019: Reading Highlights

These are in no particular order and I’ve picked them out as the ones I gave 5* to on my Goodreads page – you can

17th December 2019 4 Comments

18th Century

On MLK, #MeToo, and the possibility of Pride in the Flawed

Does the legacy of a heroic struggle for justice cover over a multitude of sins?
Or does the iconic hero’s fatal flaw render him and, perhaps even his legacy, leprous?
Is it ‘one strike and you’re out’ or might the twitteratti just possibly permit nuance and, dare I say it, complexity?

26th May 2019 9 Comments

ARTS

Time in the company of an artful hymn writer

A few hours in Timothy Dudley-Smith’s company, through the medium of his recent A Functional Art: Reflections of a Hymn Writer, is extremely well spent. Now

20th November 2017 No Comments

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Q Marks the Spot – Treasure Map 109 (September 2017)

Sacred Treasure Emma Scrivener does a beautiful job here on 10 reasons to have hope in the face of darkness Persecution of Christians around the world

1st September 2017 No Comments

BIBLE

The Black Dog (10 years on) 6: SO YOU WANT TO HELP…

I’m glad. In fact, if you didn’t, I’d be quite concerned for you! But be warned. This isn’t for the faint-hearted. It will try your patience and

16th August 2015 4 Comments

brain

The Black Dog (10 years on) 3: THE DARKENED CAVE…

I touched on the surprisingly physical reality of the black dog yesterday. It’s surprising, because, of course, depression is as much about emotional pain and scars as anything else. But

11th August 2015 2 Comments

art & painting

Q Combinations 1: Rembrandt & Herbert

Have been thinking of different things I can do on the blog, and one of them is to offer occasional juxtapositions of creativity that warm

2nd August 2015 1 Comment