Immigration control is the last resort of a government in difficulty. Over the years, we’ve seen politicians from both sides of the divide ramp up the rhetoric, whether it was Gordon Brown promising British jobs for British workers or David Cameron telling us that he could reduce immigration to the tens of thousands. Easier said… Continue reading How should we look on the asylum seeker (responding to “stop the boats”
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Something new (Isaiah 11)
Here is my talk outline from this Sunday. Audio to follow … The talk bit of church shouldn’t just be intellectual – calls for response But what is our response meant to be? Can become “self help/legalism” So we need to start with things to know/believe… that should warm our hearts to worship What we… Continue reading Something new (Isaiah 11)
When patching up no longer works
Our previous car lasted us a good decade. Well, strictly speaking it lasted a good seven years. Then things started to go wrong. Every time the car went in for service, it would come back with a big bill to pay and a significant bit of work. Then there were the times when we had… Continue reading When patching up no longer works
God’s Word as protection against false shepherds #FaithrootsPodcast
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Death of death
Death remains our greatest fear and the last enemy. Death is the just consequence and punishment for sin. Exile from the land was going to be a death like experience for God’s people. With that in mind, I want to suggest that what comes next is perhaps one of the most significant passages in the… Continue reading Death of death
What was David’s sin with Bathsheba?
Originally posted on Faithroots:
Over the past few years, a little debate has kept cropping up about whether it is right to suggest that David committed adultery with Bathsheba or whether in fact we need to say that he raped her.? I wrote a guest post for Steve Kneale here when the debate first came…
Idols (Isaiah 6)
You can listen in to the sermon I preached on Isaiah 6, part of a whistlestop tour of the book on Sundays, here Idols (Isaiah 6)
The theology of everything and the anatomisation of everything
Last week, controversy broke about an extract from Josh Butler’s forthcoming book “beautiful Union.” I’ve written something about that here. In my article I challenged some of the reaction which seemed quick to write Josh and his book off as weird, icky, misogynistic etc. I don’t think that this was the case as I argued… Continue reading The theology of everything and the anatomisation of everything
Everyone
Perhaps as God’s people heard Isaiah prophecy against different nations and cities, they were tempted to nod along in agreement. “I’m glad that he mentioned Babylon, I knew they had it coming.” “Oh I’d never really thought about Trye and Sidon before … but he has got a point you know.” Then there’s that shocking… Continue reading Everyone
Something different
We’re in the middle of a section of Isaiah that takes the wider sweep of world politics and announces judgement on the nations and their capital cities. Notice that Jerusalem is included in with the wicked nation, God’s people had joined the world in its sinfulness. They had become like the Gentiles. There is a… Continue reading Something different
