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25th December 2022 I read a quote by Rev Billy Graham just before Christmas that finished with the words “he came to die. This is the heart of Christmas” Dare I disagree with the late, great Rev Billy Graham? I think I’m going to have to. How can death be the heart of Christmas? How …
Saturday 24th December 2022 It was not a bible that was placed in a mangerOn a cold night in Bethlehem.It was not in order to share systematic theologyThat angels appeared in the sky to poor men.It was not orthodox doctrine that led the Magi to cross the perilous desertTo worship.They did not worship at the …
Friday 23rd December 2022 “The wolf shall live with the lamb,The leopard shall lie down with the kid,The calf and the lion and the fatling together,And a little child shall lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6) I look forward to the day the Conservative and the Progressive live together,When the Humanist, and the Christian and the Muslim …
Thursday 22nd December 2019 I am not a piece of used sellotape that’s lost it’s stickiness (1)I am not a dirty piece of chocolate that’s been passed from hand to hand, that nobody wants to eat. (2)I am not an old, worn out toothbrush.(3)I am not a lump of chewed gum (3)I am not a …
24th December 2021 I read an article last week, for advent, asking the question: “Does the bible really claim that Mary was a virgin?” and after reading the article I read the comments. Never. Read. The. Comments. It wasn’t long before cries of “heretic” and “false teacher were being slung across the data stream. The …
Thursday 15th December 2022 I’ve already written extensively on the links between a non-LGBTQ+ understanding of our faith and a theology that at best minimises rape. LGBTQ+ people have become the Christian equivalent of Godwin’s law: Whilst secular abusers say “at least I’m not Hitler” Straight Christian wrongdoers will justify their abusive behaviour with “at …
12th November 2018 I found myself looking around church during one of the hymns on Sunday.On the row in front of me was an old woman, too frail to stand for the hymns but nevertheless there, worshipping in her seat.Across the aisle a mother stood cradling her baby, I couldn’t help but smile watching her …
Monday 12th December 2022 It’s that time of year when people start to ask whether or not the Virgin birth was real and some Christians become incredibly offended at the suggestion that it might not be. Cards on the table, I believe in a mighty and omnipotent God, I see no reason why God couldn’t …
10th December 2022 The last day of the 16 Days of Activism falls on Human Rights Day. Handy really because Women’s Rights are Human Rights.I want to issue that invitation to men again, to come alongside us and purposefully and intentionally work with us to end the epidemic of violence against women. I’m not going …
9th December 2022 If the cause of Domestic Abuse lies in broken masculinity and broken femininity as a result of Adam and Eve’s sin then the answer to Domestic Abuse must surely lie in Jesus, after all he came to restore and heal and put all that stuff right. Sadly, I believe a lot of …