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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.
Latest Posts
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The safeguarding heresy
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! We must resolutely reject safeguarding to be a healthy, Biblical church Over the last year or so I have thought and written substantially about safeguarding. In this post I would like to bring this to some kind of conclusion (at…
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The church must stop paying lip service to Biblical authority
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Why have the heirs of the reformation undermined the authority of Scripture? If you have been following my work for a while, you will know that I am fascinated by the history of the 16th century reformation. One of the…
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Safeguarding and power dynamics
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Churches will never get safeguarding right without a culture change In my previous post, I talked about whether the church is going to learn the right lessons from what happened with Soul Survivor / Mike Pilavachi. What I’d like to…
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‘Emergent’ Conspiracies – Podcast 125
Is every conspiracy intentionally created? Or is it possible for conspiracies to be, in a sense, ’emergent’? In this podcast we look at this issue from a Christian perspective, with a case study on mass migration. Is there a Christian insight on conspiracies which we can apply to them all? Find the podcast on my…
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Will the church learn ANYTHING from Mike Pilavachi?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! The church is in danger of learning all the wrong lessons Two weeks ago, Matt and Beth Redman released a documentary called “Let There Be Light”. It’s all about what happened with Mike Pilavachi – how Mike was able to…
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Moving to substack…
If you’re a regular listener to the podcast, you’ll know that over the last few weeks I have been on a mission to become less dependent on Big Tech. I’ve decided that one way of doing that would be to migrate the Sacred Musings podcast away from YouTube and to Substack. I’ve seen a few…
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Greeks, gifts, and the “Free” PsyOp – Podcast 124
In this podcast we look at the price of “free”. What do we lose when so many things on the internet to us are offered for “free”? Who is really in control? Was this intentional? What can we do about it? Alternatively check out the audio podcast. Links
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Atheism is a spent force
A couple of things have made me think of atheism lately, which has made me realise how much things have changed in the last few years. I used to spend hours online debating atheists – far too much time, if I’m honest. Time which would have been far better spent doing something more productive. (I…
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How to wake people up – Podcast 123
How do we wake people up to what’s going on in the world at the moment? It’s like waking people up to the truth of the gospel. In the main section we look at some principles of sharing the gospel and how that helps us in our task. Alternatively, check out the audio podcast. Links
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STOP doing evangelism! I’m serious!!
In this video I want to explain why I think the way the church is going about evangelism at the moment is not helping and in fact even hinders the gospel. I think we need to stop evangelising and start doing discipleship instead. This video was posted to Understand the Bible, but I think it’s…