Meals provide a frequent setting for Gospel events to the point that at least two authors have picked up on this as the basis for book themes and structures.[1] Jesus is offered hospitality by various hosts, Pharisees through the tax collectors. These seem to be at least semi public affairs, hosts may have wanted to… Continue reading Welcome to the feast
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#Worthy
The theme for our church’s Christmas events this year is “Worthy?” We are planning two carol services, a traditional style service with classic carols and readings on the 15th December in the evening and a family, nativity service on the 22nd December. We’re also planning for something on Christmas Eve and possibly Christmas Day too.… Continue reading #Worthy
Assisted dying and the gagging of informed debate
The bill to introduce assisted dying is a private members’ bill , its recognised that the matter is an example of a conscience vote where MPs should be given a free vote. Parliamentary time has been freed up for the bill with the Prime Minister’s approval. Since the Bill was published, a number senior Labour… Continue reading Assisted dying and the gagging of informed debate
How to listen to sermons
Here is another little e-book. Partly this arose because there is perhaps a need for training to listen to as well as to preach sermons. Partly it’s because thinking about how we should listen to sermons affects how we think about preaching them too. this short book covers different types of sermon including expository, topical… Continue reading How to listen to sermons
Assisted Dying: Fear or hope?
The Assisted Dying bill is due to be debated on the 29th November. I did eventually get a reply from our MP this week. She indicated that she is mindful to vote against and continue to push for better funding of palliative care. This reason is actually pretty crucial. There are a number of pragmatic… Continue reading Assisted Dying: Fear or hope?
Men and women in Christ Fresh Light from the Biblical texts (Book Review)
I recently had some correspondence with Andrew Bartlett, author of “Men and Women in Christ”, in response to some of my articles on Faithroots about complementarianism. As a result, Andrew kindly sent me a copy of his book and asked me to review it. So, here is the review or rather part one. It’s my… Continue reading Men and women in Christ Fresh Light from the Biblical texts (Book Review)
Arise and shine for Advent
Some people like to have a book to work through in the run up to Christmas (Advent). If you haven’t found anything for this year, then why not have a look at “Arise and Shine” which offers devotional studies from the book of Isaiah. I originally prepared this for use in Lent so there are… Continue reading Arise and shine for Advent
Problems with Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill
We now have sight of the bill introduced to Parliament in order to legalise assisted dying (euthanasia). I’m against assisted dying, on principle and I believe that it is impossible to consistently hold to Biblical teaching as a Christian and support it. However, even if you do not disagree with the principle of assisted dying,… Continue reading Problems with Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill
On the marketing of worship: Why TGC’s review of the Getty’s new Worship song left me uncomfortable
. This post showed up on my Facebook feed recently from the Gettys sharing a link toa post on The Gospel Coalition website reviewing/promoting their new worship song “Christus Victor (Amen)”. It left me feeling, to use the word of one of my friends who commented “queasy”. First it is worth saying that we will… Continue reading On the marketing of worship: Why TGC’s review of the Getty’s new Worship song left me uncomfortable
Mythbusters: Does the government just take tax off of us to give away to foreigners
This is one of the classic grievances expressed in support of populist anti immigration agendas. I’ve seen quite a lot of these types of comments in the last few months especially since the new government made cuts to l pensioners’ winter fuel allowances and hiked taxes including expanding inheritance tax and increasing National Insurance contributions.… Continue reading Mythbusters: Does the government just take tax off of us to give away to foreigners
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