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Latest Posts
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How to hide political memes on Facebook
In my opinion, one of the worst things about Facebook is the political memes. Here’s how you hide political memes on Facebook. As I said fairly recently, I think social media is pretty toxic at the moment. One of the reasons I think it’s toxic is that it’s a terrible environment to discuss politics. To…
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Physical Beauty and the Bible
Beauty is something you don’t often hear Christians talking about – at least, not the beauty of the human body. We often talk about the beauty of nature in creation, such as beautiful scenery or the beauty of the universe. But we rarely describe someone as beautiful. Why is that? And what does the Bible…
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Do evangelicals still believe in grace?
A few years ago, many churches celebrated the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation. The cornerstone of the Reformation was the rediscovery of the truth justification by faith alone, that is, we are made right with God solely through faith, by the grace of God. We are not accounted righteous through our own…
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Why is social media so toxic at the moment?
A lot of people are talking about how social media seems to have become toxic lately. Rachel Riley posted up on Twitter a poll earlier today: I had an interesting discussion the other day on Facebook about how social media has changed the world. It was sparked off by this article by the former Prime…
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Justice must be justice for all
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Proverbs 29:7 I’ve just watched this Triggernometry interview with Dr Ella Hill. She is a medical doctor and a grooming gang survivor. I think it’s a hugely important interview and I wish everyone would watch it, or at least the…
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Cancel culture: where did it come from and what can we do about it?
One of the things everyone’s been talking about (well, everyone on Twitter, which is not everyone, but still) over the last month or so is “Cancel culture” and what we can do about it. This has been rumbling on for a few years now, but the thing which seemed to cause it to erupt was…
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New City vs Heidelberg Catechism
I’ve just completed filming videos for each session (Lord’s Day) of the Heidelberg Catechism – all available on the Understand the Bible website. If you’re curious as to how it compares to the New City Catechism, I’ve just written up my thoughts on how they differ. Here’s the beginning: I have just uploaded the final…
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How do we heal society?
Earlier today I watched a fascinating interview with Laurence Fox on Triggernometry. It was an interesting interview, talking about many of the problems going on at the moment in society. I don’t want to get into all the politics and rights and wrongs of what’s happening in society at the moment, but I think many…
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Why we shouldn’t tear down statues
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. Psalm 34:15-16 Something else that’s been in the news this week: the protesters for Black Lives Matter (which I…
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Social Media, #BlackLivesMatter and being consistent
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 One of the things I am fascinated by – as I mentioned again recently – is social media and the way it has changed…