Our Messy Individualism – Briefing Article
The Briefing have published an article which is a reworking of a few pieces I penned a while ago, “Our Messy Individualism“. Here’s a short excerpt of some of the reasoning part-way through, I suspect, therefore, there’s a more basic common motivation that influences the push towards both abortion and gay adoption—that of the increasing perception of [...]
View PostOn the road and still online
hello everyone. We’re now well into our U.S. road trip. San Francisco is behind us and we’ve crossed into Nevada after a wonderful time in Nevada City with a blogging colleague/friend. I’ll try and keep writing as we move along although, understandably it will be less frequent. How is the holiday going, you ask? Well, [...]
View Postback – with cheese
we’ve been snowed under with packing and moving over the past week but we’re slowly coming back up for air. And so I present to you a wonderful article from the Telegraph Expat … Classic British cheeses. They begin with the king, the master, the Big Cheese … Stilton. Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe penned one of [...]
View PostAnother UK Evangelical “Comes Out” … for Jesus
Following on from Vaughan Roberts’ brave and groundbreaking statement late last year, another evangelical in the Church of England, Sam Allberry (author of Lifted: Experiencing the Resurrection Life and Connected: Living in the Light of the Trinity) has made a similar announcement. We were having lunch together and I was praying like mad. My friend had [...]
View Postexcellent Facebook cover photos
The above is my favourite, but loads more cover photos available for free from Depraved Wretch.
View PostDas Boot
in the process of writing to disk a couple of old movies, came across the classic Das Boot – The Director’s Cut. And so we need this… remember – it’s not really techno unless you say “techno”
View PostParents! How to raise unbelievers…
There’s a wonderful interview with Don Carson over at ligonier. Lots of useful stuff including learning how Carson was called to the ministry. At the end he’s asked about preparing our children for college (university) and leaving home in general. Carson nails one particular aspect: First, the home should encourage vigorous Christian understanding. The most [...]
View PostSermon – “…to completion…” Phil. 1:1-6
Preached my last sermon after 9 years at St Augustine’s this morning. Philippians 1:1-6. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
View PostChristmas Reflection 3 – Just as they were told
This one is a reheat from many years ago. This Christmas I had the good fortune to hear a cracking sermon about the Shepherds from Luke 2:8-20. One thing struck me that I’d not seen before. This passage is all about not what the Shepherds see but, more importantly, Luke wants to draw our attention to what [...]
View PostSydney FC finally win at home!
And we (myself and Ouldlet #2) were there! Last minute winner against the league leaders followed by 2 sendings-off for the top-of-the-table opposition and a streaker warming things up midway through the second half. Glorious night
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