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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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  • The Yearning

    I yearn to be reunited with someone.  I can put a name to this person; perhaps you can too. But is it the right name? — read more

    May 13, 2010
  • Not Here, Not Now

    Charles Simeon of Cambridge (1759-1836) was a Christian preacher like few others. And then, when he was 47, God took his voice from him. — read more

    May 6, 2010
  • What Can Make Me Whole Again?

    How serious is the evil inside us? When the final self-help program has been concluded, and the last new leaf has been turned, what will it take to fully and finally deal with it? — read more

    May 3, 2010
  • That’s Enough About Me, Let’s Talk About Me

    A post alerting (both of) my loyal readers to the weak theology of contemporary praise songs is a little like Ricky Martin’s announcement of his sexual orientation. No-one will be surprised, and everyone will wonder if it even needed saying. However, not being one to turn down free tickets to anything, I recently found myself… — read more

    Apr 30, 2010
  • Down To The River

    “The potency of prayer has subdued the strength of fire; it has bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the… — read more

    Apr 23, 2010
  • I Am Not

    I am not my friends I am not my possessions I am not my grade point average I am not the school I attended — read more

    Apr 16, 2010
  • The Faith Fallacy

    Have you heard of the Hedonistic Fallacy? It’s the belief that if you want pleasure, you should pursue pleasure. It’s a fallacy because pleasure only comes, almost without our noticing, as we pursue other things. — read more

    Apr 9, 2010
  • The Governor

    I asked you a question, King, And you said nothing? Instead with thieves in the darkness You thrashed out your breath. — read more

    Apr 2, 2010
  • Here, Or Nowhere

    “To see him who is the wisdom of God, and the power of God, always beloved of the Father; to see him, I say, fear and tremble, and bow, and sweat, and pray, and die; — read more

    Mar 26, 2010
  • Come On Up

    “Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; — read more

    Mar 12, 2010
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