21st Century
Best Reads of 2022
A brief rundown of my favourite books from 2022: essentially those I awarded 5* on my Goodreads page. Fiction (no particular order) I’ve always loved
4th December 2022
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God
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21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 163 (May 2022)
Sacred Treasure When Christianity and Nationalism mix… no I’m not talking about Trump… but Patriarch Kiril – this is terrifying. The wake-up calls that helped
1st May 2022
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AMERICAS
Q Marks the Spot 160 (February 2022 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Malcolm Guite’s poem for Candlemas It’s not every day that (albeit unusual) theological perspectives on the atonement and human nature become common currency amongst
3rd February 2022
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beauty
Twas Much That Man Was Made Like God
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Here is one of my favourite sculptures anywhere. A whacking great 4.5 tonne block of Portland Stone, with a new born
25th December 2021
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abuse
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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abuse
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 14. Restoring the pursuit of virtues
To be fair, I’ve had a mixed response to what I’m offering here. One friend, in particular, felt it was a waste of time because,
9th March 2021
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