Welcome to my website
I am a pastor and Christian educator.
In a nutshell, this is what I do…
Understand the Bible
My online ministry focussed on creating videos and songs to teach the Bible and the Christian faith.
The Bible Uncancelled
A short, weekday thought from the Bible published on video or podcast.
This Blog
I only write occasionally here now, as my attention is focussed on the two things I mention above. However, there is an archive of over 2,000 posts which I’ve made over the last 20+ years, these posts are all still accessible.
Latest Posts
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The Intolerance of Tolerance
I’ve just finished reading “The Intolerance of Tolerance” by Don Carson. It’s not his normal subject matter, but personally I found the application of his insight and intelligence to a topic like tolerance very helpful. It sparked off a train of thought in my mind about tolerance – as such, this is not a book…
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Family Illness: Update
I mentioned about this time last year that my Mum was not well. Well, she’s been on chemo pretty much since then and, despite the side effects of the treatment, she’s been doing pretty well. However, in around November she started getting a bit unsteady on her feet. We initially thought it was another side-effect…
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Rock of Ages and Justification
Justification is a word which I’ve heard quite a lot recently: we’ve been studying it with Mike Ovey in our Christian Doctrine classes. It’s great and humbling stuff, thinking through salvation and what God has done for us. With all this in mind, I went to church this morning where we sang “Rock of Ages”,…
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My World: Bookshelf Ordering
Given that this is my personal blog, I occasionally like to write posts which give you, dear reader, an insight into my internal world. This is such a post. What I am currently wrestling with is… how to order books on my bookshelves. (I’m not promising that you’ll be enthralled by this insight into my…
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2012: The Year in Review
It’s that time again: time for another one of my much-loved reviews of the year. Well, I’ve only really done one review of the year before, for 2011, but still – who’s counting, eh? Once again, this isn’t really a review of things which have come out this year, so much as a review of…
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The Mystery of the £1.09 Christmas Card
I’ll be honest with you: I like the Royal Mail. Despite its flaws – and they are manifold – I think it’s one of the services left in the UK which is actually pretty good. Whenever I order a parcel, I’m always pleased if I find that it’s being delivered by the Royal Mail (unlike…
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Happy New Year
Clouds over the Colne at Wivenhoe, a photo by phillsacre on Flickr. A very happy new year to all my blog readers! Term started at Oak Hill today, my classes start tomorrow, so expect normal service to resume (i..e, long gaps punctuated by sporadic theological reflections and the occasional ‘still alive’ update). The photo was…
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Review: ‘Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert’
A week or so before Christmas, I read Carl Trueman’s review of Rosaria Champagne Butterfield’s book, “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert“. I was so impressed by the review that I decided to buy the book (Kindle edition – even though I don’t have a Kindle. I know, I’m mad! I read it using…
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Happy Christmas
I did say a few days ago I’d try and post again before Christmas. I was planning to write something intelligent and profound, but – well, actually, given it’s me you may be waiting a long time for that! I just wanted to post up a quick “Happy Christmas” to you. At our carol service…
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Christmas shenanigans
I like the word “shenanigans”… I should try and use it more often. Oh, sorry, I was writing a blog post, wasn’t I? Aaaaanyway. Last weekend we packed up our bags and went to Colchester (and then, a few days later, we packed up our bags and came back). We hadn’t been up to see…