Phill Sacre

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  • Welcome to the New Orthodoxy…

    … but, to borrow from The Who, it’s not the same as the old orthodoxy. I’ve just read a very interesting article called “The Unhappy Fate of Optional Orthodoxy” (only the top half of the page is the article in question; the rest is a collation of shorter pieces. H/T John Richardson via Facebook for…

  • Before the Storm…

    The last three weekends have been pretty busy for us – we’ve been up in Colchester (or thereabouts) for various reasons! We had a great time seeing friends and family and generally catching up with people. However, as of yesterday Mrs Phil is 37 weeks pregnant – which means that, if the baby is born…

  • Biblical Ethics and Sexuality

    A couple of times lately I mentioned to people that I’d try to write something vaguely coherent about the Bible and sexuality – in particular about homosexual relationships. Were the Bible writers simply writing within their culture? Now that attitudes to sexuality are changing, can Christian attitudes change with it? I’ve been putting off writing…

  • Modern Worship Songs

    A thought struck me the other day: it seems that there are a lot more decent modern worship songs out there at the moment than there were around ten years ago. I’ve not always been a fan of modern Christian music, but it does seem that the game has been kicked up a notch of…

  • Hate Speech

    A few days ago, I tweeted a link to an article on the Spectator: “Revd Dr Alan Clifford’s ‘homophobic’ comments referred to the CPS” (it might be worthwhile reading the article for some background), and I noted that it had worrying implications for free speech. Anyway, someone replied to me on Twitter this morning and…

  • Does God LOL?

    For my birthday, I was given a copy of “Does God LOL” – a collection of brief thoughts by various people working in the field of comedy about the subject of God and humour. I actually found it a fascinating read! The book is, as you would expect from a compendium of different people’s thoughts,…

  • A Dreaded Sunny Day at Highgate Cemetery

    Today Mrs Phil and I went down to Highgate Cemetery to have a look round. (The title of this post, by the way, is a reference to “Cemetry Gates” by The Smiths). Although you can’t get into the West cemetery without going on a tour (and there were no tours today), we had a look round…

  • Just what is a ‘babygrow’, anyway?

    As I mentioned a few months ago, Mrs Phil and I are expecting a baby at the end of September. Phil has now finished work (scary!) and so this week we have finally got round to actually thinking about the kind of things we will have to get for the baby, as well as sorting…

  • Is Atheism a replacement for Religion?

    I don’t know if you’ve seen the latest “storm in a Twitter-cup”, but Richard Dawkins has hit the news once again. You can read more about it here and here. Suffice it to say, he’s not made himself a popular man! Earlier today, I tweeted this: https://twitter.com/phillsacre/status/365807088443736064 This started a Twitter conversation with few people,…

  • Sermon: Psalm 1 – The Righteous and the Wicked

    Quick post! I was preaching at Christ Chuch Cockfosters this evening on Psalm 1. My sermon has already been uploaded, and you can hear it online on the Christ Church website.