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Summertime is always a challenge for the preacher. Church attendance is a bit patchy and the preachers are tired after a busy year. It is...

If you are a regular visitor to this page you might have noticed that for the first time since March 2020 there was no weekly blog post....

One of the things that many people have missed about church over the past 15 months is the opportunity to sing together with others...

“This is the first false thing that has been in my mouth.” (Spurgeon preaching after being fitted with a false tooth.) What a blessing it...

Preachers stock the minds of their hearers with images of God and how they relate to him. This is a great privilege and a solemn...

“In every leaf that trembles” is one of the many evocative lines about God’s omnipresence in Bob Dylan’s song Every Grain of Sand. I...

The hugely popular sixth series of the police drama Line of Duty has had record numbers of viewers on the edge of their seats right up to...

Being authentic is not about always getting everything right. It is about always seeking to be real. Being real is not merely talking...

What is most important? Read the headlines of a daily newspaper on a regular basis and it becomes clear what the editorial priorities...

How many times have you heard those words in the past year? Spoken by hospital trusts, politicians, business leaders, teachers and...

Buckingham Palace announced on Friday 9th April the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. What do preachers do when faced with...

The Spectator is the oldest magazine in the world. It was first published in July 1858, taking its name from an earlier daily newspaper....