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Mission Reviews

Reading the Bible Missionally in Church

I’m starting to get annoyed with Brian Russell because he keeps writing things that I wish I’d written and what’s worse, he writes them better than I would have anyway. His latest post on reading the Bible is somewhat of a summary of other things he has written, but it is well worth a read […]

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Observations

They Used to Make Things There

We’ve just returned to Southampton from visiting family in the North of England. It’s amazing the changes that have happened over the past thirty years or so since I made the fatal move south. The riverside in Sunderland has changed beyond all recognition, where once there were cranes and shipyards there are now grassy banks […]

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Christian Life Politics

Christmas thoughts from Cranmer

Cranmer has a superb piece about the truth of Christmas and the limits of human politics which is well worth a read. Here is a taster: Politicians win elections by promising heaven on earth – they will feed the starving, house the homeless, dispel the fear, and instil a hope as bright as day. Yet […]

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Church: World

The history of religion in 90 seconds

Take a look at this presentation. It gives a fascinating overview of the development of world religions over history. HT, Ian Dale. There are more maps available here.

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Bible Translation

English Bible Translation

Brian Russell has an excellent blog post on the principles of translating the Bible into English. He closes his post with these words: Bottom-line: the best translation is the one that you will actually read regularly with the humble desire to open oneself up to its message so that God can shape and form you. […]

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Bible Translation Mission Reviews

The New Faces of Christianity

Philip Jenkins book the New Faces of Christianity is well worth a read if you can get hold of a copy. Subtitled, Believing the Bible in the Global South this book has a lot to say about the relevance of the Bible to the Church in the South. The later chapters are taken up with […]

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Mission

Kirk’s Recommendation

Hello, if you are visiting here following Kirk’s recommendation, you will be able to sort out the more missiological material from our family news if you follow the category listing to the left (and down a bit). To make things easier for you, here are links to three of the main categories which might interest […]

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Politics

Airline Staff Can’t Carry Bibles

There has been a lot of storm in the UK about a BA check in staff member who was forbidden to wear a crucifix with her uniform. However, there seems to have been less attention paid to a far more serious offence to Christians made by another British airline. BMI have banned their employees from […]

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Church: UK Church: World

A Taste of the Future

The BBC reports that two prominent Episcopal (Anglican to the Brits) Churches have left the Episcopal Church of America over the furore about the appointment of gay clergy. In and of itself, there is nothing startling about this – though these are two prominent churches. The disagreements between more conservative and more liberal churches go […]

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Language and Society

English as a foreign language

Jeremy Clarkson is not my favourite commentator, but even I have to admit that he uses the English language wonderfully. His article in today’s Sunday Times is terrific and well worth a read by anyone who loves languages (warning – xenophobic content). I’ve just spent the week in Moscow with a Russian publisher whose English […]