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Christopher Hitchens’ Last Request

by Barry Cooper on Dec 21, 2011Jun 17, 2014

There was something about Christopher Hitchens that Christians liked.

We Do Not Grieve As Those Who Have No Hope

by Barry Cooper on Sep 14, 2011Jun 17, 2014

[A letter written by Mary Love to her husband, the Welsh preacher Christopher Love, who was about to be executed. He was accused of conspiring against Oliver Cromwell to restore the monarchy, and she was pregnant with their sixth child.]

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Bruised

by Barry Cooper on Aug 31, 2011Jun 17, 2014

Richard Sibbes’ The Bruised Reed carries with it the aroma of a man who has been bruised himself, so tenderly is it phrased.

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Uncle John

by Barry Cooper on Jul 27, 2011Jun 17, 2014

This afternoon at 3.15pm (UK time), John Stott died in his retirement home at St. Barnabas College.

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An Alternative Royal Wedding

by Barry Cooper on Apr 28, 2011Jun 17, 2014

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

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Future Imperfect: Will Heaven Be Intolerable?

by Barry Cooper on Apr 6, 2011Jun 17, 2014

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:

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Russell Brand Meets Jonathan Edwards

by Barry Cooper on Mar 22, 2011Jun 17, 2014

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.

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When Detox Won’t Cut It…

by Barry Cooper on Mar 10, 2011Jun 17, 2014

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

All Love is Substitutionary Sacrifice

by Barry Cooper on Mar 3, 2011Jun 17, 2014

“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…

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Six Degrees and Falling

by Barry Cooper on Jan 28, 2011Jun 17, 2014

Yesterday at All Souls, Langham Place, I kicked off a preaching series on Mark’s Gospel.

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