So, here it is, this year’s top ten most read articles. 10. Why did God test Adam? 9. The real problem with Gnosticism 8. Women and church leadership 7. John McArthur – Incarnational and Eternal Sonship 6. Rumours of Revival 5. Learning from the Brethren 4. Belching 3. John Piper and Coffee in the Sanctuary… Continue reading Review of the year – this year’s top ten articles
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Review of the year: The top resources from 2023
It seems to be be the pattern for most people who run blogs to have a look back at the previous year around about now and produce little top tens or top 3s to show what people were reading in the year that has just gone by. I thought this year, it might be helpful… Continue reading Review of the year: The top resources from 2023
Post Covid Symposium
The UK are currently engaging in a public enquiry in order to review and learn lessons from our response to the COVID pandemic. I’ve argued for a little while that the Church would benefit from having it’s own COVID enquiry to learn lessons for our own response. Well, Affinity have decided to host, not a… Continue reading Post Covid Symposium
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
On Saturday we woke up to horrific news from Israel as Hamas terrorists had cut through security fencing and infiltrated into much of southern Israel where they had gunned people down and taken hostages. They had also launched extensive rocket attacks on Israel. We are used to tensions in the Middle East but something seemed… Continue reading Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Can we stop naming things after other Christians -even Tim Keller and Don Carson
The Gospel Coalition have announced that they are setting up the Carson Center for Theological Renewal. The aim of the centre is described as follows: “As we see in Scripture and church history, spiritual renewal follows theological renewal when the ancient gospel of Jesus Christ recaptures our hearts and minds.” [1] With that in mind,… Continue reading Can we stop naming things after other Christians -even Tim Keller and Don Carson
911 22 years on
Every September we are reminded of the passage of time as a new school year starts and Sarah realises that the new intake won’t have been alive at key milestones in our lives. If a former generation remember where they were when we put a man on the moon or when JFK was shot, for… Continue reading 911 22 years on
What is Birmingham’s bankruptcy saying to us?
Yesterday I wrote about our city going bankrupt and what that might mean for us. As I explained in the article, there’s actually a lot of uncertainty and the honest answer to “what does this mean?” Is that we really don’t know yet. It is entirely possible that for most of us we’ll see very… Continue reading What is Birmingham’s bankruptcy saying to us?
You have your GCSE results – now what?
A big congratulation to everyone getting your GCSE results today. It’s been my habit to write something specifically linked to results day each year. Quite often, like others, I’ve taken time to make the point that results aren’t everything, that this isn’t the one day in your life that settles everything. Ironically, I’ve been saying… Continue reading You have your GCSE results – now what?
Relax, there’ll be bad news in the headlines again tomorrow!
Perhaps football is coming home after all but it will be the lionesses not the lions who bring home a football World Cup. England’s defeat of Australia in the women’s world cup semi-final was immediately the top item on news bulletins. Not everyone was quite so overjoyed with football dominating the headlines. Some people have… Continue reading Relax, there’ll be bad news in the headlines again tomorrow!
Can you support the work?
If you drop in here, regularly, then you’ll be aware that my primary focus is on encouraging urban church planting and mission. I contribute to this by: All of this is self-supported. If you would be interested in contributing to the work, then you can give via paypal Stripe – see my main donations page… Continue reading Can you support the work?
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