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March 2022 marks the second anniversary of the start of the School of Preachers Trust. It is also exactly two years since these the first...

“It’s striking how much more vivid the Psalter becomes when you have friends in a war zone.” (Andrew Wilson, Think Theology) I have...

Last Sunday I was preaching in Hove (actually). This week I was preaching in Riga. Two very different contexts but in both there was a...

While listening to the 8am news on BBC on Sunday morning I glanced out of the window and saw a reflection of light from a mirror that...

I received an interesting question from a student at a preaching class this week: “How can we avoid sugar coating our sermons?” Sugar...

I continue my daily reading of the sermons of Augustine. At this stage I am a little over halfway through the eleven volumes in the New...

Today we joined a friend at his church for his farewell service. It was a lovely Jesus-centred service, followed by a delicious lunch,...

Last week I heard on the radio a fascinating series entitled 1922: The Start of Now. It spoke about how by 1922 the world had begun to...

That is how Marva Dawn described worship. Her point was that worship cannot be reduced to cash value. We do not engage in worship for the...

One of my blog readers asked a question about using humour in preaching. I light-heartedly commented that preaching is not a laughing...

Preachers live by words. Choosing the right words can make all the difference in the world to a sermon. Sermons sparkle when they are...

This time last year our church was reeling from the news of the sudden death of Phil, our chair of deacons. It happened on New Year’s Eve...