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  • AboutMy name is Barry Cooper. I’m an author and speaker who writes for Christianity Explored ministries. I was born and raised in Epsom, Surrey. Originally, I wanted to be an astronaut. But I was asthmatic, and wasn’t sure if they’d let me take my inhaler into space. After studying English Language and Literature at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, I trained as an actor at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, and appeared on stage in various places, including Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre. I also co-ran a theatre company for seven years. My church for the last 14 years has been All Souls, Langham Place. In May 2010, I completed an MA in Christian Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, and am now living in London again. As well as speaking, I write books, curricula and – increasingly – scripts. I’d love to hear from you. Send me a message, friend me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter.
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  • Exclusive: Preacher Caught In Love Triangle

    [Today I’m very pleased to be hosting a guest post by Nate Morgan Locke, presenter of the excellent Soul.] “He must become greater; I must become less.” (John 3:30). That’s a verse any gifted preacher should have firmly in his mind as he speaks. If John the Baptist, “the greatest of all those born of… — read more

    Dec 13, 2010
  • As I Didn’t Say To The Archbishop…

    A brave article from TV’s most glamorous poker player (and my old university comedy comrade), Victoria Coren. — read more

    Dec 13, 2010
  • How To Commit The Perfect Murder

    I got a chance to speak recently on Exodus 20:13 at All Souls, Langham Place in London. — read more

    Dec 10, 2010
  • Saving Yourself vs Being Saved

    Mark Walley posts his “favourite passage outside the Bible” — read more

    Nov 23, 2010
  • The Loving Misogynist

    Philip Larkin has had something of a rough ride since his biography was published posthumously in 1993. I remember sitting in the back of a car with a well-respected Australian churchman who was absolutely horrified when I admitted Larkin was my favourite poet. I felt like I’d been caught shoplifting. — read more

    Oct 14, 2010
  • Dead Already

    “You know why you hid in that ditch?” So begins the haunting conversation between Lieutenant Ronald Speirs and Private Albert Blithe in HBO’s Band of Brothers. Blithe quietly explains why, the night before, he had hidden himself rather than engaging the enemy. — read more

    Oct 2, 2010
  • The Reason For God

    This looks very, very good. Earlier this year I ran Tim Keller’s Prodigal God DVD with some friends in downtown Chicago. It had the habit of unsettling even inveterate Christians with the truth about God’s grace. The follow-up from the same brilliant creative team is The Reason For God DVD. — read more

    Sep 15, 2010
  • Tony Jones

    I’m guest posting today over at the Gospel Coalition blog. — read more

    Sep 14, 2010
  • Does This Offend You?

    A good friend of mine recently described the transition she went through in the early 90s when she became a Roman Catholic. — read more

    Aug 11, 2010
  • Inception Reviewed

    Read my review of Christopher Nolan’s movie over at the Gospel Coalition blog. — read more

    Aug 5, 2010
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