Church

More application please

My twitter pal, Chris Thomas, wrote a post recently where he called us preachers to less application. Summarising his argument (I think fairly), Chris wants

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What should we make of Keir Starmer’s visit to church?

Keir Starmer has come under fire in the last few days. His crime was visiting a church and praising them for their work during the

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Is there anything that can be done in an independent church when there is a toxic eldership?

I had a brief twitter conversation about polity and ecclesiology yesterday. Alison Brewis posed a fair question. She asked this: Before I share my reply,

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When the church is beautiful

Church is taking a bit of a battering at the minute. I suspect church members’ meetings aren’t usually the go-to antidote to that either. Most

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In defence of acquaintances and casual friendship for community

For many years, I remembering bemoaning the fact that I didn’t feel I had many friends. No doubt some of you think, what a shocker!

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The greatest inequality is a lack of gospel preaching churches

I was alerted to this report from Sky News the other day. It concerns the Eldon Street Estate in Oldham. If you want to see

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