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I have just returned from Latvia. I was there for the first three Sundays of Advent. I tried to follow my own advice and preach on Advent...

I was asked about what strategy Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones used when he sensed that he might be losing his congregation on a warm Wednesday...

Preaching can be something of a hit and miss endeavour. I have been reminded of that this week when thinking about the question: How do...

I was thinking today about how much surface cultural noise invades the preacher in the first quarter of the 21st Century. There is the...

It is always interesting to teach preaching in different settings. This weekend I have been in the German town of Kehl, which is three...

I love the writings of the 5th century preacher Augustine of Hippo. I had not been aware of his recently published work: Instructing...

Travelling home yesterday we passed a shop that had Christmas trees for sale leaning against the wall. I reckon that those trees will...

Last week I spoke about reading Elizabeth Strout’s new novel Tell Me Everything. I read it twice on holiday. I find that reading her...

I have recently returned from holiday (hence the break from this blog). Although it is sometimes true that “a change is as good as a...

The actor Adrian Edmundson speaks about his comic influences, these including Laurel and Hardy, Spike Milligan and Flannagan and Allen....

On Friday evening 20th September we had a pre-launch event for the Latvian translation of God is in the House . It is was a pre-launch...

I have known four recent pastors of East London Tabernacle in Mile End, London. The church began with the ministry of the first student...