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Privacy PolicyMaterialism: Reflections on returning home To live in a developing country for a long period of time is both an education and a challenge. It gives a perspective on life that I had never been exposed to before. The facets of life that are part of it are so diverse it is hard to even…
Keep readingThe battle against secularism I write on a day when the secularists are not happy. The Queen has just ended her speech at the opening of Parliament with the words, ‘I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels’. Secularism holds that there should be a very strict separation of church…
Keep readingDealing with doubt The etymology of ‘doubt’ can be traced back to archaic roots meaning duality, hence to be of two minds. Doubt is so much a part of all human existence that it’s difficult to envisage a world without it. We live with ambivalence and ambiguity. Like batsmen facing accurate bowling, we are plagued…
Keep readingAll work and no play It’s 10:30pm on a Monday night. It’s been a long day. I was in work by 7:30am and didn’t get home until 6:30pm. After a quick bite to eat and a short hello to my wife it was off out again to our church officers’ meeting. It’s only now I…
Keep readingThe fight of faith ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith’ (2 Tim. 4:7) is Paul’s testimony at the end of his full and eventful life. Have you ever thought: ‘Wouldn’t it be great to go to heaven as soon as you’re converted’? Just think no…
Keep readingThe Christian’s war against Satan In January 2002, when I returned to my flat in an eastern European country after lecturing on the doctrine of salvation, I was assaulted by two men who knocked me down, tied and gagged me, then ran a knife up and down my back while shouting, ‘Mafia, mafia!’ God graciously…
Keep readingSexual purity for today’s Christian Marriage was designed by God, who gave the gift of sexual intimacy to the husband and wife so that marriage is strengthened and made fruitful through bearing children. God intends His church to receive His blessing through right relationships between the sexes. A godly church will be marked by sexual…
Keep readingJesus wins: Overcoming from Revelation Recent years have seen Christians in the UK placed under greater pressure than for several centuries. At times it feels as if we are constantly on the defensive. And yet, over the same period, my church in Bristol has seen a new openness to our involvement with the community and…
Keep readingWhy not? Sexual temptation in the workplace It is noteworthy that the well-known story of Joseph’s battle with sexual temptation in Genesis 39 occurred in his place of work. He was a slave to one of Pharaoh’s officials. What can we learn from the attempted seduction in Potiphar’s house? A place of danger Why can…
Keep readingMinistering to the bereaved Bereavement touches us all at some time in our lives. So it is surprising that death and bereavement are subjects many avoid, and very often, new pastors and church leaders are not sufficiently well trained to deal with the diverse situations they will face. I was once asked to accompany a…
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