The mess I’m in

Feb 27, 2022 by

by Peter Mullen, TCW: LENT starts on Wednesday and every year I greet it unwillingly. It’s the self-disgust, facing the filth, that I can’t stand. Ludwig Wittgenstein said: ‘Most men think of themselves as half-decent. The religious man...

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The views we prefer & believing in self over God

Feb 24, 2022 by

by Stephen Kneale, Desiring God: One of the dangers when it comes to biblical interpretation is leaning towards views that we prefer. We may hit on bits of the Bible that jar with us. Otherwise, there are interpretations of passages that...

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Keep preaching & expect different results

Jan 6, 2022 by

by Stephen Kneale, Building Jerusalem: They say madness is doing the same thing over and over again whilst expecting a different result. Just doing the same old same old and hoping that something different might happen. And yet, as we...

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If you can’t tell us this, your sermon prep hasn’t even started

Oct 29, 2021 by

by Stephen Kneale, Building Jerusalem: I’m writing this, mainly, because I’ve currently got sermon-block. I’ve been staring at the same passage for days and I have no idea what to do with it, to be honest. Even as I open the commentaries,...

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Jesus and the hidden joke

Jun 6, 2021 by

by Peter Mullen, The Conservative Woman: I ONCE wrote a book about the thirty-four parables of Jesus and titled it Jesus’ Jewish Jokes with the subtitle The Amusing Short Stories of the Son of God. There is a widespread notion put about...

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Sermon which cost school chaplain his job

May 10, 2021 by

from Christian Concern: A Christian chaplain has launched legal action after being reported to the government’s terrorist watchdog and losing his job for delivering a sermon in a school chapel that encouraged respect and debate on...

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