Latest Podcast: Hot Topics – Sexuality
We begin a new series thinking about hot topics in evangelism. In this episode we think about sexuality. It’s not the first (or the fifteenth!) topic that we want to raise with non-Christians....
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Recently I stirred the hornets nest with “I choose not to be straight”. I then followed it with “Why go after straight Christians.”. Here’s my last sexuality post for a while. I think. This morning I...
View ArticleThe People’s Republic of #1PUN
Every now and then I have a go at #1PUN on Twitter. It was started by Juan Pun as a daily joke competition held at 1pm GMT. There were judges, a points system, spreadsheets and everything. Recently,...
View ArticlePodcast: Remembering World War One
On this episode we talk about opportunities related to the WW1 centenary. Recently David Bourne and Andy Johnston put on a wonderful event in Hailsham to mark the centenary of the First World War (see...
View ArticleIndependence and Freedom in Christ
Here’s a little 5 minute topical talk I gave this lunchtime. To be honest it basically “on the hoof” but perhaps the way in to the gospel through the referendum might be useful to you in conversations...
View Article#HeForShe and the Spectre of Spectrums
Emma Watson and #HeForShe are still trending strongly after her speech at the UN TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH The essence of #HeForShe seems entirely praiseworthy. Gender equality is everyone’s issue. It has...
View ArticleHalloween – Mocking the Devil – Preaching the Word
When 10 of those asked me to do an evangelistic video for Halloween, I knew the dangers. Immediately I predicted a range of reactions reflecting the range of views on the subject. When John Piper was...
View ArticleRemembrance Video
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View ArticleBeLoved
It’s the fairy tale we all believe in – connection, completion, love without parting. The merest glimpse of it captures our hearts. But is the fairy tale real? Is there such a thing as endless bliss,...
View ArticleEconomics: Andrew Wilson and Vishal Mangalwadi
A great talk by Andrew Wilson on Economics: Economics from Kings Church on Vimeo. He identifies 3 false bogeymen: Profit, Credit and Inequality. None of these are bad. What’s bad is: Greed, Laziness...
View ArticleGenesis 1 and Science
It’s difficult to think of any piece of literature as supportive of the modern scientific enterprise as Genesis 1. All the necessary foundations are in place: 1. Laws Up Above The ancient Chinese had...
View ArticleHow to win the world
Yesterday I led a seminar on equipping Christians for evangelism. I opened up with a quiz to figure out where people were coming from. This is the quiz: Here are four pairs of statements. Both...
View ArticleAccusations Fly Over Controversial Sex Tape
Because click bait. Anyway, here is yesterday’s Reading Between The Lines video: One Flesh Essentially I just want to clear a space for a distinctive Christian sexual ethic and give some reasons for...
View ArticleThe Guy With The Mic Does Not Speak For The Room
Last month I was helping out with a number of student missions. One mainstay of the university mission is a “lunch bar.” The Christian Union provides free food, there’s a talk (often with a provocative...
View ArticleSix Disturbing Assumptions Uncovered in A World Without Downs
If you haven’t seen it already, run, don’t walk, to see Sally Phillips’ documentary: A World Without Down’s Syndrome. In it Phillips discusses a new, non-invasive, test offered by the NHS to diagnose...
View ArticleVideo For Remembrance Day
DOWNLOAD VIDEO If I should die think only this … A bullet flew by that did not miss… What story of the war is told? Romance bright or horror cold? Triumph’s tale or tragic loss, the iron or the wooden...
View ArticleInclusive Community? Pick one.
We want community and we want inclusion. But how do we have both? Because a community is not a random collective. A community is a unity. And it’s unified around something or towards something....
View ArticleRemembrance Video
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View ArticleBeLoved
[vsw id="118485875" source="vimeo" width="616" height="258" autoplay="no"] It's the fairy tale we all believe in - connection, completion, love without parting. The merest glimpse of it captures our...
View ArticleEconomics: Andrew Wilson and Vishal Mangalwadi
A great talk by Andrew Wilson on Economics: Economics from Kings Church on Vimeo. He identifies 3 false bogeymen: Profit, Credit and Inequality. None of these are bad. What's bad is: Greed, Laziness...
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