Church families are returning to their buildings once again in the UK and Ireland, after a break of almost four … More
Author: Andrew Roycroft
I'm married to Carolyn, we have two children, and I have served as Pastor of Millisle Baptist Church in Northern Ireland since 2010. My big interests are reading theology/poetry/literature, writing, and running.
Even this, Lord Jesus?
Ours is a hyperbolic age, a time when words have become a devalued currency, where sentiment often masks a lack … More
Pastors, Covid, and Criticism
As the barriers erected by Covid 19 in the UK and Ireland start to lift a little, the prospect of … More
Distance – a poem
We will not embrace this day, but maintainour distance, a widening loss marked in time,but not in touch, each moved … More
5 things that I can do about racism
Sometimes a problem seems so entrenched and so impossible to scale that giving up is the easiest option. That is … More
Filtering for Repentance
One of the many vulnerabilities of the contemporary evangelical church is a stubborn mistaking of quantity for quality. This can … More
Preaching under the smile and the smiting rod
As I write these words, our home has descended into the silence of sleep on a Saturday night, and I … More
Some implications of an empty pulpit
Whether your cup is half empty or half full in the current global crisis, whether you credit or descry online … More
A Certain Sound through Preaching
How are we to answer the exigencies and anxieties of the hour? What tone of voice and approach should we … More
A Certain Sound through Theology
Earlier this week I posted about the danger of abdicating our responsibility to speak clearly to our world about God. … More
