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Phill Sacre

Phill Sacre

Reflections on the Bible, the church, and life in general.

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Reflections on passing 100,000: Grief and Anger

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 by Phill Sacre
Reflections on passing 100,000: Grief and Anger
Posted In ChristianTagged In coronavirus, death, government

Recently the UK passed a pretty grim milestone: we went over 100,000 covid deaths. The UK has one of the worst death rates in the world – according to Worldometer, we are currently number five on the list (if you sort by deaths per million population). The two most common Continue Reading

Essex Covid Data: Quick update

Posted on January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 by Phill Sacre
Essex Covid Data: Quick update
Posted In Random other stuffTagged In coronavirus, pcr testing

My previous post about Essex covid data generated a bit of discussion. In particular, the key question seems to be: why do the hospital admissions seem to go up 7-14 days after the case numbers go up? It struck me yesterday that there’s a simple and straightforward answer: people who Continue Reading

Analysing Essex Covid Cases (Dec 20)

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Phill Sacre
Analysing Essex Covid Cases (Dec 20)
Posted In In the newsTagged In coronavirus, essex, pcr testing

Over the last week or two, I’ve started tracking the covid cases in Essex. I’ve actually created a little data tracker where you can track cases and deaths across every region in Essex. (The data is taken from official ONS data and uses the most up-to-date data available). I created Continue Reading

Covid and Biblical Principles: Being Human

Posted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 by Phill Sacre
Covid and Biblical Principles:  Being Human
Posted In ChristianTagged In being human, coronavirus, human beings

In the third part of my short series on Covid and Biblical Principles, we are looking at what it means to be human. (If you missed them, parts one and two were on safety and truth). This is something fundamental to the discussion, and yet it is often assumed or Continue Reading

Thank God that Jesus did NOT maintain a safe distance

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by Phill Sacre
Thank God that Jesus did NOT maintain a safe distance
Posted In ChristianTagged In christmas, coronavirus, social distancing

Over the last couple of weeks I have written about Biblical principles and covid (safety and truth). After Christmas I will, God-willing, continue – but for now I just wanted to share a brief thought. This is what it says in John 1:14: “The Word became flesh and made his Continue Reading

Covid and Biblical Principles: Truth

Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 by Phill Sacre
Covid and Biblical Principles: Truth
Posted In Christian, In the newsTagged In bible, coronavirus, truth

In my previous post I looked at the Biblical principles of safety. In this post we’re going to look at another principle which is very relevant to the current situation: truth. I want to outline a few Biblical principles for truth, and then if there’s space at the end talk Continue Reading

Covid and Biblical Principles: Safety

Posted on December 9, 2020December 31, 2020 by Phill Sacre
Covid and Biblical Principles: Safety
Posted In ChristianTagged In bible, coronavirus, safety

Over the last few months, I’ve seen a lot of talk about safety. It’s important to keep everybody safe. We especially need to keep those in vulnerable groups safe. But not many people have been thinking about what safety actually is, or putting it in context. I thought it might Continue Reading

Covid has given us what we (thought we) wanted

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by Phill Sacre
Covid has given us what we (thought we) wanted
Posted In In the newsTagged In coronavirus

Have you ever got exactly what you wanted, only to find that it wasn’t actually what you wanted? That’s a bit like how I’ve been feeling recently. It seems to me like covid has, in a funny kind of way, actually given us what we wanted. Only we found out Continue Reading

Political truth vs Actual truth

Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by Phill Sacre
Political truth vs Actual truth
Posted In Christian, In the newsTagged In coronavirus, truth

I had another one of my epiphanies yesterday. As I was chatting to my wife, something became clear to me which I hadn’t really seen clearly before. That is: there are now two kinds of truth in the world – political truth and actual truth. They’re not the same thing Continue Reading

Is the risk of lockdown being ignored?

Posted on October 14, 2020October 15, 2020 by Phill Sacre
Is the risk of lockdown being ignored?
Posted In In the news, WritingsTagged In coronavirus, lockdown, risk

What I want to look at in this piece is the way politicians and the media are talking about risk in relation to the lockdown. We are constantly being told of the risk that covid poses and the need for more lockdown. What is often sidelined or ignored completely is Continue Reading

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