I got back Monday morning from my first ever trip to Minneapolis MN. To the generation immediately before mine the name of that city is forever associated with the famous strapline: ‘Just write to me at Billy Graham, Minneapolis Minnesota.’…
Unless you have been on vacation in the Outer Hebrides, you will know that Carl Trueman has been busy writing his latest book, Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative (P & R). Gabe and I are going to blog…
According to the front page of Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph ‘Generation Y has no use for God.’ ‘Religion is largely irrelevant to most young people, who rely instead on a ‘secular trinity’ of themselves, their family and friends to give…
The bi-annual Affinity Theological Studies Conference will take place 2-4 February 2011 at High Leigh Conference Centre. It’s a conference with a difference in that all the papers are sent out beforehand, a brief presentation is given then folk confer and…
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.
