If an Evangelical were to be canonised then it would be John Stott , the pastor-scholar of All Souls, Langham
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Called to engage in logical worship
Over the years I have preached a number of times on the opening verses of Romans 12, where after having
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Preaching, said Eugene Peterson, is the “one thing needful” for any pastor: “Lest the ‘one thing’ get buried in the
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In reading Re-Membering the Body: The witness of history, theology, and the arts in honour of Ruth Gouldbourne (Wipf &
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I have hanging up in my library an illuminated ‘text’ which reads: GOD HAS A GREATER TASK FOR YOU THAN
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Covid has made us all very aware of the limitations of planning. Over the last two years so many things
Continue readingEverybody has a story to tell – but how you tell it makes a difference
“How could you live and have no story to tell?” declared the Russian novelist Fydor Doestevsky. Or in the more
Continue readingBlessing those who do not take the bread
The other Sunday morning the distribution of the bread at Chelmsford Cathedral took a little longer than normal. Pre-pandemic we
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For those who follow the Revised Common Lectionary, yesterday was ‘The feast of Timothy and Titus’. It is the day
Continue readingBooks for Today – January 2022
The Quiet Haven: An anthology of readings on death and heaven (DLT, London 2021. 144pp: £12.99 hard back) compiled by
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