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Speaking of Preaching…

Last Sunday each of our slated morning and evening preachers had originally chosen the same text for his sermon–the song of Simeon in Luke 2. I know because I was the evening preacher. Now hearing two (hopefully) biblical sermons on…

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Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

What are Christians to make of the death of perhaps God’s most outspoken critic? What is the Christian attitude to the death of the wicked? I must confess my first response was undignified, self-righteous and downright sinful. I could see…

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Christmas Foundations

The latest edition of the Affinity Theological Journal – Foundations is available here The intro blurb reads……. Welcome to the second online edition of Foundations which is available in both pdf and html formats. This issue of Foundations offers a…

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Reaching Men

Recently a student worker came to see me, (admittedly that is surprising as what I know about university work you could write on the back of your hand). Anyway, she said she’d noticed that there weren’t enough male leaders in…

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Preach the incarnation

There are few things tougher than trying to find fresh material at Christmas, but Thomas Watson strikes gold again on the incarnation ”He was poor, that he might make us rich. He was born of a virgin that we might…