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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 No Comments

18th Century

“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelicii!” 12. The power of the Imago Dei & the Imago Dei in power

Last summer, I was a contributor at Oak Hill Theological College’s annual School of Theology day. It was a real privilege to be involved and

17th February 2021 No Comments

18th Century

“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelicii!” 11. When gurus get outed as ogres

This is the 11th post in a short series trying to grapple with today’s sense of malaise in British evangelicalism. One of The West Wing’s big

31st January 2021 No Comments

Ancient History

repost: I believed in Father Christmas… But I believe in the Israelite.

This is a repost from 15 years ago on my old blog – I needed to refer to it from something but it can’t have

27th January 2021 No Comments

20th Century

“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelicii!” 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 1 Comment

20th Century

“O Tempora! O Mores Evangelicii!” 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 No Comments

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“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 1 Comment

AFRICA

Q Marks the Spot 146 (December 2020 Treasure Map)

Before getting into the general treasure, here are a couple of notices. Opportunities for purloining your own treasure as it happens. Inklings and Yarnspinners Yay!

1st December 2020 No Comments