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Questioning My Background

Introducing a series in which I reflect on things that my younger self would never have questioned.

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Politics

There Are People On Those Boats!

Several Christian voices in the United Kingdom criticise the Illegal Migration draft law presented by the government. They ask to “talk frankly and listen carefully” instead of “fanning anti-immigration flames”.

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Observations

We Must Learn To Speak English

Doing the hard work of learning to communicate appropriately is actually an exacting theological endeavour.

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Gathered and Scattered

If the gates of hell won’t stand against the church, it’s because the church is storming the gates, not the other way around.

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Observations

The R-Number for UK Churches

Some sobering statistics about church life in the UK.

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Observations

Congratulations Your Majesty

Some musings on a long monarchy and what comes next for the church.

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Observations

Caring For Your Missionaries

How should local churches care for those they send out on world mission?

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Observations

It Could Happen Here

Strong, macho, go-it-alone, leadership is a breeding ground for all sorts of abuse and should not be a feature of our church life.

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Observations

Preaching Is Culturally Determined

it is one of the anomalies of systematic expository preaching that preachers will take one of Jesus’ wonderful self-explanatory parables and turn them into three tightly argued (alliterative) points.

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World Mission in the 21st Century

How has world mission changed in the past 50 years, and what effect should those changes have on the local church?