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Recent Blog Posts
Paul Barnett has written a very helpful, carefully applied, commentary on 1 Corinthians.
Discussing...Read more
The other day I was asked why we spend time in church (during sermons) talking about issues that may not be relevant for us today.
Unpacking the QuestionOn the face of it, it's a good question.
If I look out at the church family here, I can think of many subjects that speak directly into needs we know and feel. Maybe there are issues about unemployment, family life, over-...Read more
500 years ago, William Tyndale lost his life in his campaign to give the English people one Bible in their own language. Today, we're spoilt for choice, with many excellent English translations of the Bible.
In any church where the Bible is read in public (which is, I hope, all of them), a decision has to be taken as to which to use. The right decision will vary from location to...Read more
Popular Blog Posts
In Microsoft Word, there's all the difference in the world between a new paragraph and a new line.
To insert a new paragraph, press the Enter key. If you have "show all characters" turned on, you'll see each paragraph break with its "backwards P" icon. Each paragraph in Word has its own properties. It can have extra space above or below, it could be indented from the left / right...Read more
Are you trying to find out which Church of England Parish you live in? Simply visit the link below and put your postcode into the search tool. Note, they've changed their website. You now have to wait after entering your postcode, and select one of the autocomplete entries served by Google maps; only then can you click the arrow button to begin your search.
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I have huge respect for Christopher Idle. I love the hymns he writes. And he's a godly man with a wise, pastoral heart. I was searching for some of his hymns, when I found something rather different.
Doubtless, many readers of this will be familiar with Henry Scott Holland's poem Death is Nothing at all . For those who don't know it:
Death is nothing at all. It does...Read more
Recent Sermons
Arrogance is ugly. We don’t like it when people get above their station.
We hate it in our political leaders. We hate it the world of work. One office I worked in, middle managers were the most annoying people to work there. Promoted one step above the rest of us, they then thought they owned the place. And we should hate it in the church, hate it in ourselves.
Because, yes,......
It is extremely awkward when adults behave in a childish way.
I’m sure you’ve all looked at someone being thoroughly selfish, unable to cope with getting their own way, and thought to yourself: “How childish!”
I’m sure you’ve all also got drawn into some petty squabble or other. Something on the same level as who’s got more than their fair share of the back seat of the car. I......
I love these opportunities we have to come together to worship. Three congregations, that normally meet on two different sites, worshipping our one Lord Jesus together.
Church unity is a precious thing. Too often, churches are divided.
The early chapters of 1 Corinthians are an impassioned plea by the apostle Paul to the Corinthian church: Please don’t......
Blogroll
A random sample from some of the people I read online, taken from the past 24 hours.
“It seems to me that doubt is worse than trial. I had sooner suffer any affliction than be left to question the gospel or my own interest in it.” – Charles Spurgeon
Perhaps you’d be inclined to agree with Spurgeon on that one. Few things are as miserable as going through the motions while quietly wondering whether any of it means anything. It’s one of those things that we don’...
The preconceived notion the British and Australian press brought to the story was “look at those funny foreigners."
Additional kernel modules for CloudLinux 7 and CloudLinux 6 Hybrid are now available for download from our updates-testing repository.
Changelog:
CLKRN-273: rebuild additional kernel modules against the latest stable kernel in order to maintain their compatibility.Update command:
CloudLinux 7:
yum update kmod-* --enablerepo=cloudlinux-updates-testing...You'll also find me in a few other places online, such as …
Other Websites
I also maintain a few other websites:
- Mandelbrot ExplorerThis is an easy to use, totally free, fractal explorer — explore the Mandelbrot Set and the Julia Sets, starting with one of 6 inbuilt colour schemes, but with a totally flexible layers-based way to colour your fractals exactly as you wish. There are many other features - visit the website to find out more. Visit mandel.org.uk
- Books by Mary OakleyMy late grandmother compiled 5 little booklets of poems and prayers that helped her at various stages of her life. Visit the website to find out more about these booklets, or to order online. Visit lifetocome.co.uk
- Kemsing with Woodlands ChurchesThe two churches in west Kent where I'm the vicar / minister / pastor. Visit kemsingwithwoodlands.org
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