August 2, 2019
When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, in case they may […]
August 2, 2019
Competitiveness is supposed to oil the wheels of a successful economy, we keep hearing. Yet Christianity, like most faith traditions, stresses the importance of cooperation. Competitiveness […]
June 18, 2019
‘It’s time for Christians to speak out against Boris Johnson’ declares George Pitcher in an article in the Guardian. This post summarises Pitcher’s argument and argues that […]
June 7, 2019
According to Matthew’s Gospel some of the people Jesus healed were moonstruck. Needless to say, the people who translate the Bible into English don’t use this word. […]
June 2, 2019
Some passages in the Bible seem really obscure. To understand them, we need to know the context. This post is a sermon based on Luke 9:51-62, […]
May 24, 2019
This is my sermon for 26th May, published now in case any other preacher wants to pinch bits. You won’t want to pinch it all. It’s […]
May 23, 2019
Britain votes again today, for Members of the European Parliament – to the dismay of people who hoped to have left the EU by now. This […]
May 4, 2019
The British Government has produced a standard response to opponents of fracking. It takes the form of ten pairs of ‘myths’ and ‘facts’. You can read […]
May 2, 2019
Local elections today, and in a few weeks we are, after all, to elect members of the European Parliament. Is this anti-democratic, in view of the […]