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I only write occasionally here now, as you will see. However, there is an archive of over 2,000 posts which I’ve made over the last 20+ years, which are all still accessible.
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We can't vote our way out of this…
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. … but that doesn’t mean we can’t resist On the podcast last week, I spoke about my problem with Charlie Kirk. The biggest issue was, to my mind, that he made politics…
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What should a church gathering look like?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. Rethinking Church, part seven Yesterday, we thought about the overall purpose of church gatherings. You could summarise it with one word — ‘edification’: when the church gets together, it should be for…
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What's the point of church gatherings?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. Rethinking Church, part six If you had to pick one word to sum up what church gatherings were all about, what would you choose? I suspect many would plump for ‘worship,’ but…
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Church gatherings are not 'Worship' or 'Services'
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. Rethinking Church, part five In this part of the ‘rethinking church’ series, we finally reach the purpose of church gatherings. Why do we get together, and what should our gatherings look like?…
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There’s never been a better time to make music
Those of you who follow what I do regularly (and — just a reminder — my writing and podcast are now on Substack) will know that I often write about the problems in the world. The world has many problems at the moment, and good news seems to be hard to come by. This is…
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The church as family and house churches
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. Rethinking Church, part four I have spoken here several times about how I am no longer in a regular church denomination or attend traditional ‘church’. Instead, for the last 2-3 years, a…
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Love with action, not just words
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. We’ll give you every support, short of actual help… Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18 Over the last few…
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Bishops! What are they good for?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. Rethinking Church, part three War… huh… yeahWhat is it good for?Absolutely nothing! Edwin Starr – War (1970) Last week, in my ‘Rethinking Church’ series, I wrote about church leadership. I said there…
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Rethinking Church: Pastors and Priests
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. Taking church back to the drawing board: Part Two In the first part of this mini-series, I spoke about how we have a window of opportunity at the moment to totally rethink…
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Rethinking Church: The Bible
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. The import process is not perfect, so please excuse any missing / broken links or images. If there’s a problem with the way churches are today, what should they be like? On the podcast recently I talked about the work of Dr Tom Wadsworth, a Biblical scholar who…