Theology
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Remembering Tim Keller
I was reminded this morning in a review of the year of the death of Tim Keller. The news of Tim's passing on May 19th this year left many in the Christian world feeling that a giant had left us. Kel…
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Can I trust the Bible?
I think this is one of the most important questions we can address because pretty much all of the other questions we will deal with come down to what does the Bible say? That means I need to know if I…
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My brilliant strategy
Sometimes I think I really am quite brilliant. I have moments when I can just see and everything just seems so obvious. Perhaps it's a function of watching too much "Mentalist". The temptation to thin…
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Focused Genesis
“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be…
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Changed by my phone
I have had a bit of a break from blogging and Facebook because I think my phone has changed me. I don't mean I've been changed dramatically in the last few months but rather I think over years my phon…
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Joy and Sadness
I was reading this morning about Paul's concern for some of the Christians in Thessalonica. What interested me was the apprehension that he felt about how they were doing, particularly whether yet wer…
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Union with Christ
Every so often I come across an idea, a doctrine, a piece of Christian thinking that I may know by name and may even have read a little bit about but have failed to substantially engage with in a mean…
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The AA
Yesterday turned into a bit of an adventure as our car broke down on the way to an afternoon out in Brighton. Driving along the A27, thinking how nicely our rather faded but faithful old Zafira was ru…
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Wayne Grudem
I may well be late to this particular phenomenon but this is a video song about a Systematic Theologian called Wayne Grudem. For those of us who have read his stuff his particular blend of extraordina…
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Expectation
A couple of things this week got me thinking about how appropriate expectation is for people who profess to believe in an all powerful God. The first was last Sunday, we looked at Psalm 5, a great son…
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