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Monday mornings are pretty grim by all accounts, I preach twice a Sunday and most of the pastoral work actually gets done on Sundays.  We try to fill the house with people so we can hospitable, it’s terrific just plain…

As any poker player knows (and I am not a poker player–I tend to steer clear of competitions where the victor takes home a bracelet), the hand is over when all the cards have been dealt, all the bets have been…

Why I love Americans.  This is contextualisation at it’s very best, to come to Wales and not have proper waterproofs is just terrific. It’s like going to the North Pole and forgetting your gloves   Come on Europe!!

Whenever the first fall chill graces the air and the smell of molting leaves comes swirling in, there is one thing that my mind inevitably turns to: college football.  Having graduated from an institution in the venerable Southeastern Conference, Saturdays…

So, it is official: Stephen Hawking’s The Grand Design has shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Over on Tim Challies’ blog, you can read Edgar Andrews’ review of the book. Andrews is the author of Who…

Some information about a new church work in Scotland is available here. The website also includes a recent video about the work which can be viewed here. 

Let’s be honest nobody but nobody likes criticism.  The words from a church member ‘I’d like to meet up with you to talk about something’ strike fear into every pastors heart.  Immediately you think (well I do) I’m in for…

12 years old and reading Barth!  Are you kidding me Liam?   I am certain that there is nothing to do in Scotland hence how you’ve produced so many preachers and theologians, kids go the library and say ‘have you got the…

I was encourged by Carlton’s report on the Westminster conference on Scripture (and only wish he’d reported Carl’s spicy comments). It made me reflect on my own expereince of the outworking of a deficient view of the Bible’s authority. The first…

I was in discussion with some ministers earlier this week and we were talking about how to teach the Bible’s story to our people. There was some debate about systematic theology versus biblical theology and which approach is best suited…