Today I’m having a crack at a PB in the Uppsala Half Marathon, some good friends are visiting from the UK, tomorrow I’ll preach on Eli from the book of 1 Samuel and then I’ll spend a few moments wondering where October has gone.

You Should Read These

Seven handpicked articles from amongst all the many blogs I read. Some new, some old, all good.

1. We Need To Talk About Jealousy
2. Give them Meat
3. When The Bible Is Not Enough
4. China arrested 30 Christians. Some fear it’s the start of a bigger crackdown
5. Can São Tomé make its entire country a nature reserve?
6. Women Have Twice as Many Depression Genes as Men
7. Now that is a treehouse and I want one

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You Should Look At This

Nature. Stunning! Winners of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards Highlight Real Beauty in Our Environment

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You Should Listen To This

We all need some of this

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You Should Watch This

A raw acoustic take on a soul classic. Love it.

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This Week’s Postings

Hmm.

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From The Archives

There are plenty of egalitarian Christians who have a high-view of Scripture, who know their stuff, who love Jesus and are trying their best to honour Him and advance His kingdom. I wish they’d stop treating me like an enemy of justice and a servant of oppression. And I definitely wish they’d stop calling it all patriarchy (but it’s effective so I get why). So I don’t suppose they appreciate being painted as gospel deniers, who undermine Scripture, liberalising wherever they go and serving Satan as an ally to secularism and being the first marker on the slippery slope to deconstruction. There are probably cases on both sides where those labels might well fit but it just doesn’t help anyone to constantly polarise or radicalise people who are supposed to be your allies and not your enemies.

Complementarians: Getting our attitude right

Have a great weekend.