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In a recent episode of BBC’s Celebrity Masterchef, one of the challenges given the contestants was to make a sandwich. Now before you...

What makes a good preacher? What makes a good sermon? Many preachers do not understand why they are good, nor why their sermons are...

I heard a son on the radio last weekend talking of hearing about the death of his father on 9/11 in 2001. He was one of the 67 British...

I have written before of how I enjoy the obituaries of famous people. Last weekend I read the fascinating obituary of Sir Michael...

A long chain of catastrophic ministerial failures has littered the Christian landscape in the first two decades of the 21st Century. One...

Afghanistan has dominated the airwaves in the past week. I will never forget the pictures of the US troop transporter plane with over 600...

I have always been intrigued by the character of John the Baptist. He is an astonishing bridge character who links the Old Testament era...

The title ‘Tokyo Olympics 2020’ has an odd ring to it. Postponed by one year and threatened by the stop-and-go nature of any major global...

I hope that you are able to have a rest this summer. I have just returned from a brief holiday on Jersey. My wife and I love the island,...

How do preachers connect with their congregations, so that the hearers experience the world of Scripture speaking to their world? I have...

I starting to write this blog on the morning of the Euro’s Final between England and Italy. Two nations await the result. I am impressed...

I have been reminded many times that not everybody in the congregation is interested in football. Preachers do need to learn how to...