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Words and the Word

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Authentically Generous

It is not every day that the Pope dies.
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Preach the Word

I have been stimulated by reading By the Word Worked: Encountering the Power of Biblical Preaching by Fleming Rutledge.
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Preaching in a Messed-up World

Lots of people have been talking about the Netflix mini-series Adolescence. With my book “Good Bad No Dad?” coming out this month, I have...
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I Love the Smell of a New Book!

I always like the smell of a new book. It is the first experience before turning the book over in my hands in preparation for diving in...
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How do you prepare

This Sunday I was preaching in two different churches. The first was an international church, where I was preaching in English; the...
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Getting Down with the Kids!

Two recent pieces in the newspaper have given me reason to reflect. The first was by the Jewish satirical journalist Giles Coren, who...
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Preaching Heroes

I have been leading a variety of preaching events recently and thinking about ones that are coming up. It has made me think about the...
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Going here and there

I was in Germany over the weekend, making my third visit to train Ukrainian preachers who are living there. It was a poignant weekend...
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Missional Elders?

For the past year or so I have been lending a hand at a local church in mid-Sussex. As well as doing some preaching, expressing pastoral...
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A Complete Unknown

One evening last week brought together my love for film and my love for the music of Bob Dylan. I went to see the new biopic of Bob...
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Basic Questions

I have been invited to speak at the Pastor’s Academy gathering in London this Thursday. There is still time to book in in person or...
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