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I do not often sympathise with Anglican vicars, but I did feel a mite of solidarity with the Reverend Simon Tatton-Brown of St Andrew's Church, Chippenham, Wilts., when I heard his unfortunate story . Caught short by the demands of a nativity address, he decided to regale his infant congregation...

As a follow up to my post on Pilgrim's Progress, I've been reminded of this post from our good friend Justin Taylor. Ref21 and Gospel Coalition working together for a better world for both celebrity and normal Christians.

At the risk of being trampled by the ireful in the latest slanging match over rap and hip-hop, I wonder if I might interject? It seems to me, watching from a distance and not trying to read every contribution, that the debate quickly escalates into absolute and swingeing declarations that fail to...

I am sitting in Heathrow airport waiting for a flight to Aberdeen when the shadowy figure known only to many of us as 'the Librarian' points me to a quote from this weeks Spectator. It's the follow on article from what Carl has just linked to and Ron Liddle analysis is very, very apt........ '"Last...

Few things depress me as much as how few Christians read Pilgrim's Progress . I fear that a generation are growing up in churches without knowing this remarkable book. I've often wondered about adding it as a condition to church membership. Great Commission Publications , which is one of the best...

In the light of recent events I would like to retract all my insults of Carl Trueman, he has a full head of hair, he's definitely over 5ft ,he looks good in his spandex running gear, the videos he's done where he's dressed as an old grandfather are really cool, he didn't just go to America for the...

Few things are tougher to do today than evangelize. Actually, that's not entirely true. Few things seem tougher to do today than evangelize. Why the modification-on-the-fly? Because too many of us think and act as if everyone beyond the church is a Hitchens-in-disguise, a Dawkins-in-repose, just...

Lots of our readers will have got hold of Sam Allberry's excellent book ' Is God anti gay? '. Sam is involved in the leadership of the website 'Living Out' , the strapline of the website is 'We're a group of Christians who experience same-sex attraction, and we want to share our stories, answer...

All preachers have annoying habits. People in my congregation occasionally talk about the claw. I find myself making a point and I have this mystery claw I turn my hand into and hold it by my head. Don Carson went through a stage when he used to twirl his glasses which was very maddening. When I...

A couple of bits and pieces to recommend, either of which you might already have sampled, I hope to your edification. First, Antinomianism by Mark Jones ( Amazon.com / Amazon.co.uk / Westminster ). We are not lacking expressions of the blunter forms of antinomianism in our day, but the phenomenon...