I recently had a conversation with someone about whether the German healthcare system is superior to ours. I made two comments, which the...

Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...

A lot of us have been saying that the NHS has been collapsing for years. Now, maybe you think we were crying wolf previously when there...

God and Government Edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin Foreword by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Published by London:...

There’s an annoying primary school rhyme that goes, ‘I know you are, you said you are, so what am I?’ The idea is the kid has been...

A recipe for cabbage soup was posted on twitter recently, positing that this soup – eaten twice a day for 4 days – would see someone...

Budget menus abound on the internet, but what I’ve rarely seen with them is a calculation of whether keeping to that menu can meet one’s...

I have often wondered about the passage in Acts where the apostles appoint seven leaders to specifically oversee the distribution of food...

I enjoy listening to a range of podcasts from different political viewpoints. One topic that came up recently – albeit as a sidenote of...

One of the things that I have been thinking about a bit over the last few years is the balance between individualism and collectivism in...

I’ve been thinking about depression and Christianity these last few days as the topic came up in a recent sermon at my church. It’s a...

I was recently recommended Mez McConnell’s latest book, The Least, The Last and The Lost (I think that’s the right order!). Church Action...

“There is no presumption in Scripture that if a person is poor it was because of injustice Now, we do see in Scripture, especially in the...

Last time I posted the first blog of my response to Greg Koukl’s conversation with Dr Sean McDowell about the mission of Jesus. I queried...

This morning I started listening to Dr Sean McDowell with Greg Koukl about ‘what was the mission of Jesus?’, based on Koukl’s 2021 book,...

21st February 2022 I’m running an experiment in frustration this week. My sister is two weeks away from being due to give birth, though...

We think that we have an emotion, and our body then responds with the appropriate physiological response. One of my psychology lecturers...

Yesterday I came across this tweet from Heather Renee Morgan, @H_R_Morgan: “"Stand if you are able" isn't the inclusive statement people...

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the relevance of our ‘attitudes’ to things in Christianity. It’s fairly common, at least in my...

My church currently runs weekly evening sessions where we get to discuss or hear about slightly ‘wider’ issues or perhaps one might say...