Future Perfect // Present Tense

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BARRY COOPER

Tag: Theology

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
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
Prepare To Be Boggled

In chapter 2 of his book Think, John Piper gives an explanation of why we think and feel. We think and feel because God thinks and feels, and we, of course, are made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). — read more

Apr 14, 2011
Future Imperfect: Will Heaven Be Intolerable?

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: — read more

Apr 6, 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
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

Feb 23, 2011
As Big As God’s Anger

This week sees the publication of King’s Cross, Tim Keller’s take on Mark’s Gospel. I’ve been reading an advance copy this past week, and it’s outstanding. — read more

Feb 14, 2011
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

Feb 9, 2011