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Decisions Without Televisions
“Let me hear you make decisions / Without your television, / Let me hear you speaking just for me.” The line is from Depeche Mode’s Stripped, and I’m surprised it doesn’t turn up more often in manuals for effective preaching. — read more
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Do Not Lose Heart
…God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. — read more
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Six Degrees and Falling
Yesterday at All Souls, Langham Place, I kicked off a preaching series on Mark’s Gospel. — read more
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The Last Awards Ceremony
“Mean spirited”. That’s how Tom Hanks and Robert Downey-Junior described the presenting style of Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes last Sunday. — read more
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Love: Best Before
Philip Larkin understood that romantic love never satisfies. This poem of his, Love Songs In Age, has a resigned sadness that Larkin-watchers will slip into like a comfy old cardigan. — read more
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The Lamb
Which pieces of music move you to tears every time you hear them? Here’s one of mine: John Tavener’s The Lamb, based on the poem by William Blake. So pure and unearthly, it seemed right to post it today. — read more
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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
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Divorce Me
Batter my heart, three-person’d God; for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. — read more
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Man, 91, Dies Waiting For Will Of God
Walter Houston, described by family members as a devoted Christian, died Monday after waiting 70 years for God to give him clear direction about what to do with his life. — read more
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Calvinist vs Arminian Ultimate Fighting
[Charles Simeon:] Sir, I understand that you are called an Arminian; and I have been sometimes called a Calvinist; and therefore I suppose we are to draw daggers. — read more
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