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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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  • Why We Don’t Disciple #5: Our Churches Are Ashamed of the Gospel

    Murmuring underneath everything we’ve seen so far is a fifth and final reason why our discipleship of others is failing so badly. — read more

    Aug 22, 2012
  • Why We Don’t Disciple #4: Our Churches Are Program Dependent

    Welcome to “Why We Don’t Disciple #4”. Or, as you may prefer to call it, “Biting The Hand That Feeds.” — read more

    Aug 15, 2012
  • Why We Don’t Disciple #3: Our Churches Are Less Converted

    Here’s a third reason our discipleship of others is so shallow, and may even be non-existent. — read more

    Aug 8, 2012
  • Why We Don’t Disciple #2: Our Churches Are Seeker-Sensitive, But Believer-Insensitive

    Let me suggest another reason our discipleship of others is so shallow, and may even be non-existent. — read more

    Aug 1, 2012
  • Why We Don’t Disciple #1: Our Churches Preach Cheap Grace

    The growth of the evangelical church has been ocean-wide, but often puddle-deep. Why so shallow? — read more

    Jul 25, 2012
  • Why Don’t We Disciple?

    Six years ago, in Christianity Today magazine, John Stott was asked for his assessment of the growth of the evangelical church. This was his reply: — read more

    Jul 18, 2012
  • Weeping May Remain For A Night

    I was only 11 at the time, but it was the most intense pain I’d ever experienced. It still is. Thinking back, even the memory makes me wince. — read more

    Jun 20, 2012
  • What Love Is This?

    My friend Chris Castaldo has written up a great piece for The Gospel Coalition about the extraordinary marriage between Ian and Larissa Murphy. — read more

    Jun 13, 2012
  • Prometheus

    Prometheus is a film about parental neglect and abuse – on a cosmic scale. Could it be that the Father Ridley Scott longs for is closer than he thinks? — read more

    Jun 8, 2012
  • The Final Apologetic

    “Men are so absorbed in the affairs of the world that God, the Supreme Reality, seems unreal to them. When that which is least real is everything, that which is most real appears to be nothing. — read more

    May 16, 2012
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