Future Perfect // Present Tense

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BARRY COOPER

Tag: Present Tense

We Do Not Grieve As Those Who Have No Hope

[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.] — read more

Sep 14, 2011
Bruised

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

Aug 31, 2011
Should We Baptise Babies?

I was “baptised” as a baby, and some of my very best friends practise it. But is it Scriptural? — read more

Aug 17, 2011
Why Christ May Not Be Not Enough For You

I’ve been reading Edward T. Welch’s When People Are Big And God Is Small. In it, he says this: We know that we are created to live in relationship with other people, and in these relationships we are to love, encourage, and comfort each other, but is the purpose of these relationships to bolster our self-esteem? — read more

Jul 7, 2011
What’s Worse: Being Tortured or Torturing?

While watching this video about the persecution of Christians in Ceausescu’s Romania, remember that this is more than a historic horror. — read more

May 19, 2011
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
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
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