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It’s Only Me!

Last week the BBC Radio family was united in grief for the loss of iconic DJ Steve Wright and unanimous in appreciation of his unique...
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Inspirational

I heard someone speaking this morning about the role of an inspirational teacher in their lives. This teacher had lit a spark of interest...
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Preaching From the Heart

I was talking my wife this week about what is it that makes a person a good preacher. We agreed that the primary thing that helped us to...
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Brand New Key

Scripture is full of people’s stories. In thinking about how God relates to people in Scripture we can imagine his involvement in our...
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Private Public Lives

It will be a pity if Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s biopic of the iconic American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is only remembered...
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Sleep Distractions and Sermon

The actor Andrew Scott has recently spoken about his need to very emphatically pause in the middle of a Shakespearean play. The reason...
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Compelling Stories

I love the TV advert for Audible that begins: “The greatest storyteller always had the perfect story whenever you needed to hear it.”...
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Will it do?

I love the exchange between Fred Craddock, the legendary teacher of preaching, and one of his students. The student had turned in a...
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Making Christmas Count

When I started this blog yesterday, I had not anticipated that on my visit to teach at Spurgeon’s College today I would find the statue...
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1066 and all that!

There has been something of a storm in France over Ridley Scott’s new film Napoleon. There is no question over the lavish splendour of...
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Advent Voices

We are on the cusp of entering Advent. Churches will be getting their four candles ready, and the one for Christmas Day. The young and...
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Variables

The end of November is the time I tend to think about Christmas. It begins with looking at all the TV adverts from the supermarkets. They...
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