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A Prayer on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

ADORATIONAlmighty God, ruler of heaven and earth, we bow before you today in awe of your majesty, and in open … More

Losing the Truth again

It doesn’t take a lot of research to discover that some subtle shifts are taking place in our society with … More

Culture, Ideas, truth

Misunderstanding the Church Pt.2

Living in the last dim rays of gospel light in Western culture can give the church a strong sense of … More

Christianity, Church life, Culture, Local Church, Misunderstanding

Misunderstanding the Church

Thomas Mann’s phrase that ‘everything is politics’ seems undeniably true in our society in the second decade of the twenty … More

Church life, Covid-19, Government, Local Church, Politics

The Reformers and the Knowledge Economy

Reformation Day can be both a help and a hindrance in ministry in the 21st century. If our adherence to … More

Knowledge Economy, Reformation

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

Christianity, George Floyd, Racism

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

Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

An uncertain sound

There is a famous anecdote about a church producing some signage for the gable wall of their building, with the … More

Christianity, Culture, Preaching

Why we still need nuance

One of the unfortunate things about words is how readily weaponised they are. Language, by its very essence, is in … More

Christianity, Culture, Nuance, Public Square

Clive James’ ‘Sentenced to Life’, an appreciation

An oft cited truism is that the Victorians viewed sex as taboo and death as commonplace, while the modern age has … More

Clive James, Mortality, Poetry, Review, Sentenced to Life

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