AFRICA
Scriptural Quirks: the colour(s) of sin?
I think it was in the very first draft of Cross-Examined, way back in around 1999, when I used an illustration for facing up to
7th April 2023
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grace
My Ko-fi button
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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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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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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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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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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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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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20th Century
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 9. Believing the propaganda
You will know of Godwin’s law, I’m sure, whereby the longer an internet discussion countinues, “the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” So, I’m afraid, the time has come.
One of the most gripping if chilling works of history that I’ve read is one that I find myself returning to a lot these days, despite the fact that it is well over 10 years since I first encountered it (in early research for Wilderness of Mirrors). Sir Ian Kershaw has spent a lifetime researching 20th Century German history and has brought all kinds of profound insights to the anglophone world (including through his mammoth two-volume biography of Hitler).
14th January 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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apologetics
“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelici!” 7. The Inner Ring of Race
C. S. Lewis nailed the phenomenon in a 1944 lecture given at King’s London. He clarifies that he’s not referring to the need for discretion
19th November 2020
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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
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