Future Perfect // Present Tense

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BARRY COOPER

I Will Wait For You

This is Janette…ikz speaking about something very close to my heart. And clearly close to hers too. If you’re anything like me, you won’t be able to tear your eyes or ears away. — read more

May 5, 2011
An Alternative Royal Wedding

In a shocking revelation, the palace has confirmed that the Prince has married a prostitute. — read more

Apr 28, 2011
New Christianity Explored Website

As we were developing the new edition of Christianity Explored, we decided we wanted to launch a website that would mirror the course – a website that assumed no prior knowledge of the Bible, aimed to answer tough questions, walk people through Mark’s Gospel, and let Jesus do as much of the talking (and get… — read more

Apr 21, 2011
Prepare To Be Boggled

In chapter 2 of his book Think, John Piper gives an explanation of why we think and feel. We think and feel because God thinks and feels, and we, of course, are made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). — read more

Apr 14, 2011
Future Imperfect: Will Heaven Be Intolerable?

Christopher Hitchens is battling stage 4 cancer. “And the thing to note about stage 4,” he observes dryly in a recent interview, “is that there is no stage 5.” As a passionate atheist, he doesn’t believe in an afterlife. Which makes the prospect of death all the more frightening to him: — read more

Apr 6, 2011
Russell Brand Meets Jonathan Edwards

Today in 1758, Jonathan Edwards died. Not many books have caused me to sob audibly, and even fewer while reading in a public library, but Edwards’ Images or Shadows of Divine Things is just such a book. — read more

Mar 22, 2011
The Other Trailer…

Here’s the second trailer you’ll find on the forthcoming Christianity Explored DVD. Incidentally, it’s now available for pre-order (together with the other third edition resources) at The Good Book Company. — read more

Mar 16, 2011
New Christianity Explored Trailer

When the new Christianity Explored DVD comes out in May, it’ll contain two trailers for the course. One is for using as an invitation, and the other is for those thinking about running CE. — read more

Mar 11, 2011
When Detox Won’t Cut It…

I spoke recently about “being clean.” It was for a guest service at All Souls, Langham Place, and you can find the audio here. — read more

Mar 10, 2011
All Love is Substitutionary Sacrifice

“It bears repeating: All love, all real, life-changing love, is substitutionary sacrifice. You have never loved a broken person, you have never loved a guilty person, you have never loved a hurting person except through substitutionary sacrifice… — read more

Mar 3, 2011