A week mostly at home catching up with myself before we head away for a night or two with some of the wonderful leaders of Grace Church. Trying to get some quality running, reading and, with some effort and focus, some writing done. I have sermons, papers and articles I want to write. We’ll see.
You Should Read These
Seven handpicked articles from amongst all the many blogs I read. Some new, some old, all good.
- Let the Bible interpret the Bible
- Honouring God Through Physical Discipline
- The “Big Man Syndrome” in Today’s African Churches. A new friend from Nigeria was telling me about his experiences of this over lunch just last week.
- Meeting my own net zero target. Impressive work.
- Does Work-Life Balance Make You Mediocre?
- How much have murder rates increased since 2000 in the four European countries that get the most attention for their immigrant crime — Sweden, France, Germany and UK?
- Medieval church suspended 14 metres above London skyscraper construction site
You Should Look At This
Let’s go down under! Amazing Winners of the 2025 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
You Should Listen To This
Heard this in a shop in Spain. Got my feet tapping.
You Should Watch This
I’ve enjoyed the first two of these. I hope this one holds up.
This Week’s Postings
One is better than none.
Rethinking Church: Start With God, Not Us
From The Archives
In re-reading this I wonder whether this particular paragraph is as true as it once was? There are now, particularly in sport and the with the whole ‘Christian vibe shift’ far more people willing to own being a Christian than in 2013 when this was written. We live in a time when culture shifts more quickly then ever through the influence of a few very well known people.
In a culture of mass ignorance of Christianity, the opponents of the gospel do not need to win arguments against well thought through theology, they just need to make us look stupid. And that isn’t very hard to do. In a culture war in the UK the church is hopelessly outgunned. Too few comedians, politicians, journalists and headline makers to hold off for very long.
Have a great weekend.
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