Monday, August 30, 2021

David’s Tent: Personal Impressions

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At short notice, I booked a day pass to visit David’s Tent on Friday - my first time at the event. David’s Tent is (wait for it) a non-stop...
Saturday, May 29, 2021

Public Wisdom as a Gospel Pathway

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How can Christians effectively tell the good news of Christ among a post-Christian culture as it emerges shell-shocked from a global pandemi...
Friday, June 19, 2020

Coronavirus and the Churches: Time to Pivot Again

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At the end of March, hundreds of British churches switched overnight to running online Sunday services in response to the national lockdown ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Universal Basic Income and the Pandemic

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Amid the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 Pandemic, calls for Universal Basic Income are becoming louder. From its origins as a fr...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

The Priority of Teaching in the Household Style Church

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Ask many Christians, especially church leaders, about "house church" and sooner or later you will hear concerns raised that such c...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Beyond Information Sharing: Preaching that Reveals Secrets

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The prophet Jeremiah faced a challenge unlikely to be encountered by most modern preachers in the western world: his family were plotting to...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Trump's Syrian Ban: the Politics of Fear Originated in the Republican Mainstream

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Two facts (they're important, right?) on Trump's ban on Syrians entering the US. 1. Syrian refugees have been the most heavily...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

The Inauguration of President Trump: State Capture in the Age of Anxiety

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As Donald Trump takes the oath of office and is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, I am reminded of the words attribu...
Thursday, September 08, 2016

Star Dust: Being True to our Clay-like Calling

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Human beings are made of dust. This is both scientific fact and theological proposition.  Our physical bodies are 65% oxygen, 18% ...