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Observations

Islam in the UK

I’ve always liked Jasmin Alibhai-Brown, even when I don’t agree with her. Her article in today’s Independent on the reality of life for Muslims in the UK makes great reading. Around this time of the year, my mum, Jena, a devout Shia Muslim, who died last year, would ask to be taken to see the […]

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Observations

A Christmas Sermon

This simple sermon from Ben Witherington is well worth a read. In other words, all this silliness about ‘no room at the Holiday Inn’ for the Holy family, is not at all what Luke is talking about. This is not a story about ‘no room in the inn’ or about the world’s giving Jesus the […]

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Do Not Use

Dave Walker: Choosing a Christmas Tree

From the cartoon blog.

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Church: UK Mission Reviews

Time Magazine Profile: Rob Bell

Time Magazine has an interesting and sympathetic profile of Rob Bell, the presenter of the Nooma videos and author of the best Christian book I’ve read this year,

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Church: UK

The politics of worship songs!

More on worship songs, this time from Metacatholic.

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Church: UK

Frosty Part Two

Here is the wrap up to the Michael Frost talk I posted a few days ago: phenomenal stuff.

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Observations Reviews

Whose Religion is Christianity?

If you are too lazy to read a really important and essential book (or if you honestly haven’t the time), W David Philips is just starting an extended study of Lamin Sanneh’s Whose Religion is Christianity? To my mind this really is a must-read book, but if you genuinely can’t spare the time – at […]

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Christian Life

Richard Dannatt on Leadership

Ruth Gledhill has a superb post with the transcript of a talk on leadership by Sir Richard Dannat, the head of the British Army. It’s truly excellent. I linked to a shorter version of his talk here. … if we’re looking for a spiritual role model, which I suggest we are, then you know where […]

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Church: UK Mission

Michael Frost on Being Missional

This is a wonderful video. Watch it with an open mind and see your views on the nature of the church change. It lasts around an hour, so you will need time to watch it. HT. Forgotten Ways

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Bible Translation

A really unhelpful footnote!

During last night’s sermon I was amused to read the NIV footnote for 2 Corinthians 6:15: 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial Just how many readers of the NIV would worry about that one letter change in Greek? And how many readers would know what either Belial or Beliar means in any […]