On a recent trip to Australia I discovered that every semester school children are expected to reflect on their past
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A labyrinth can point us to Jesus
On a beautiful summer’s evening I found myself at an informal outdoor celebration of the Lord’s Supper held in a
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At the beginning of the summer Caroline and I had a super holiday in Bermuda – a beautiful historic British
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Unlike most ministers, I was ordained as a missionary. At the end of my theological studies, instead of going into
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Outside our local ‘Strict’ Baptist Church a large white noticeboard declares: ‘Lord’s Day: 11 am Morning Service; 6.30 pm Evening
Continue readingEven when death is unfair, keep believing
Losing a loved one can be tough even when they have lived a full life and reached their Biblical span
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David Wells in his seminal book, No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology (Eerdmans, Grand Rapids 1993)
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“Hockey can be a tough game. People can get hurt. I vividly remember getting hurt in a school hockey match
Continue reading“What do you mean by success?”
When I was training for the ministry at the Northern Baptist College I was assigned to Jack Swanson, the minister
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Recently I read a very absorbing book entitled Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion (British edition, Canterbury Press, Norwich 2012)
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