The weeks just fly by. Here in Stockholm, autumn has arrived. It’s beautiful .

You should read these

1. The essence of sin & of salvation – a beautiful quote by John Stott
2. Reflections after 10 years in Dublin – my friend Steve Vaughan on a decade of church planting in Ireland
3. The Heresy of Application – a good piece for preachers & for those who listen to preachers from Yancey Arrington. I’ve heard this a lot.
4. How social justice became a new religion – astute observation by Helen Lewis
5. Defying Despots by Vinoth Ramachandra has this killer line in it: “They chose to ignore the fact that capitalism is morally promiscuous and can climb into bed with both the best and the worst of political regimes.”
6. Putting the fossil fuel industry into reverse – more of this please and thank you.
7. The “Little Scandinavia” Prison Project

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You should look at this

The universe is amazing. Winners of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest & also here

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You should listen to this

Elvis Presley singing Amazing Grace.

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You should watch this

How the magic is made.

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This week’s posts

Friday: Is the future of Europe African?

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Reading Colossians Remixed

I haven’t forgotten this series. New posts coming soon.

• Read with me: Colossians Re:mixed
• Colossians Remixed: Placing ourselves
• Colossians Remixed: Hearing with Old Testament ears
• Colossians Remixed: Do we live under an empire?
• Colossians Remixed: Growing in the Empire’s shadow
• Colossians Remixed: Dealing with postmodernism

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From the archives

“A friend of mine lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident some fourteen years ago and so moves around in his wheelchair. I’d never talked about Jesus healing the lame, the paralyzed and crippled with someone who daily lived without the use of their legs and I was curious what he thought about it. His answer was telling; my biggest problem he said, was not that he sat in a wheelchair but that his heart was so messed up that he was wrecking his life. Sin was his greatest problem.” – from Questions from the pool of Bethesda

Have a prayerful and peace filled weekend.