Uncle John’s farewell: an inescapable call to be radical
You wouldn’t expect John Stott to change his tune in his 89th year. And of course he hasn’t. The Radical Disciple is his 51st book
22nd January 2010
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SUM: 40 Tales from the Afterlives – the sheer impossibility of eternity…
This is quite simply the strangest, most provocative, beguiling and fascinating book I’ve read in a long time. In fact, EVER. SUM: Forty Tales from
11th December 2009
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How God’s Gospel Went Global – An overview of Acts
Every summer, we have an All Souls week away called Cornerstone. Each year we seek to get our heads round one particular book, and this
11th November 2009
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Hope in a Despairing World: The Whole Bible in 3000 words!
A few months back, I was asked by the folks at NUCLEUS, the CMF student magazine, to write up an overview of the Bible for
4th September 2009
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Anneke Kaai on CD-Rom
Have been fascinated by Anneke Kaai’s paintings for a while, faithfully published by Pieter Kwant (of Piquant Publishing – cool name, don’t you think?) over the
8th May 2009
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When a Zen master gets it, but many Christians don’t!
At last got round to watching Charlie Wilson’s War the other night, having had it on my list for ages. A mixed film – wasn’t
6th May 2009
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Heaven will be a place on earth!
Had some fun with this title for a guest service talk on Sunday night. No, this was not an excuse to play Belinda Carlisle’s less
5th May 2009
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New Word Alive talks now online
The chaps at New Word Alive Media have been slaving away to get all the talks and seminars from both New Word Alive weeks available
27th April 2009
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Why Easter is Jesus not Lazarus
It came up in a question at NWA last week after one of my talks. And it’s important. Because it marks the fundamental difference between
11th April 2009
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Resurrection Bullets – a few thoughts for Easter 09
To coincide with EA’s Slipstream co-ordinated blogathon for Easter, here are a few random bullets on Jesus’ Resurrection. And because i feel in the mood
9th April 2009
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U2’s NLOTH spiritual resonances (part 2)
Here are some more random thoughts. Magnificent In tone, this is the most explicitly biblical song on the album. It isa psalm, nothing less. Beth
6th March 2009
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life after death: the general, the comic genius and the terracotta emperor
You may have seen the brouhaha that (eg picked up by Ruth Gledhill’s blog) recent remarks of General Sir John Dannatt has caused. He is
19th October 2007
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