2020 hasn’t been a great year has it? Most of us would like to be able to reset the clock to December 31st and start again. So we may not feel like sharing in the usual celebrations. This is made harder because the logistics make it impossible to celebrate as we would like to. This… Continue reading This Sunday we celebrate
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Whose questions are we answering?
“Jesus is the answer” was a popular Christian poster back in the late 20th century. “But what was the question?” was an equally popular graffiti response. Now as it happens, I believe firmly that Jesus is indeed the answer to the questions people have and to the root problem behind every problem this world faces.… Continue reading Whose questions are we answering?
A different approach to poverty
I hope you’ve had the opportunity to read my articles about the Marcus Rashford campaign for Free School Meals. Alongside them, I would encourage you to read Steve Kneale’s article on The Poor living by bread alone. It’s worth if just for the excerpts from George Orwell’s Road To Wigan Pier. The reason I want… Continue reading A different approach to poverty
The real problem with Gnosticism
I’ve written on this subject a few times now because “Gnosticism” seems to be the label of choice when we want to attack the position of other Christians. I think there are two problems with this. First of all, I think it prevents us from understanding the actual position of people we disagree with including… Continue reading The real problem with Gnosticism
Free School Meals – The Elephant in the Room
In the summer, Marcus Rashford launched a successful campaign to get free school meal provision extended into the summer holidays. At the time, I wrote that whilst he should be congratulated, this was not in fact a long term solution to childhood food poverty. My argument at the time was that we should be asking… Continue reading Free School Meals – The Elephant in the Room
Love Conquers Fear (14) Confidence
1 John 5:13ff
Love Conquers Fear (13) Eternal Life
1 John 5:6-12 – what is it that we truly fear?
Harvest Festival
It’s our annual Harvest Festival this weekend. Normally, we would be welcoming everyone to a packed Chapel building for a big service together and we would gather in collections of food. However, we are not in normal times. However, we still want to celebrate God’s goodness to us, have a sense of the whole church… Continue reading Harvest Festival
Slander and Gnosticism
A little while back I observed that we can quickly start throwing charges of heresy and insults about. You can read the article here. I particularly observed that we were often quick to accuse people of being Gnostic or at least allowing Gnosticism to influence our beliefs and practices. The insult has replaced the long-standing… Continue reading Slander and Gnosticism
Why I signed a petition against closing Welsh Churches
The Welsh First Minister has announced a number of controversial measures over the past week. First of all he stated that people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 category areas from England would be banned from entering Wales. Then on Monday 19th October he announced that Wales would go into a Circuit Break and churches… Continue reading Why I signed a petition against closing Welsh Churches
