Sweden has played it’s usual spring trick at us by throwing down a lot of snow this week. Snow in April always feels like winter’s last hurrah but also just increases the longing for signs of genuine spring. No green leaves, few green shoots, the sun is not yet warm but we live in hope that it will not be much longer. There’s some theology in there somewhere.

Enjoy your weekend.

YOU SHOULD READ THESE

As per usual here are 7 articles that I think are worth you bookmarking, reading & thinking about.

1. Life’s Longest Lasting (and best serving) Lesson. Good stuff from Jez Field.
2. In the week post-Easter it’s worth considering, Do the accounts of the resurrection contradict each other? Perhaps the question should be, how come they agree so much?
3. What’s Wrong with Tom Wright’s Five-act Play Biblical Theology? One for the Biblical Theology crew
4. Cancel Culture is Girl Culture. Louise Perry stirs the pot. Again.
5. Mirages of Democracy. So does Vinoth Ramachandra
6. The Sexular Age Never Sleeps: Here Are Its Four Stages So Far. Stephen McAlpine on what can be said and who can say it
7. Opening Borders. I’m a fan/beneficiary of the Schengen Zone which has just got bigger by the size of Romania & Bulgaria.

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YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THIS

Powerful Regional Winners From the 2024 World Press Photo Contest

Guess where this is?

The above is from the Amazon river! The one below is from Afghanistan and the featured image is Gaza.

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YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS

I do like music that awakes and makes me think of all the wondrous things there are in the world

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YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS

This Woman Deconstructs 100-Year-Old Books To Restore Them

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THIS WEEK’S POSTINGS

1. FORGIVENESS OF SINS
2. FREEDOM FROM SIN
3. PEACE WITH GOD
4. NEW BIRTH & A LIVING HOPE
5. NO CONDEMNATION
6. SEEK THE THINGS ABOVE

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

I’m a Christian. I follow Jesus Christ who was beaten, mocked and scorned. He said that would happen to his followers. We expect to be scorned. There is real opposition throughout the world and that can be scary. But a film trying to be edgy about Jesus? That’s just boring.

WHEN WILL WE LEARN THAT YOU CAN’T OUT BLASPHEME THE CROSS