Being English, I’m somewhat leary of popular Pastors writing books that seem to be going over ground so well-trodden that visitors have to be re-routed to avoid erosion – it seems a little too commercially driven, and unnecessary. When said book is a weeny little thing about such a monumental and wide issue as the … More Not Taking DeYoung At His Word
By way of a postscript to yesterday’s post: ‘…Farooq Murad, from the Muslim Council of Great Britain, said: “No one can deny that Britain remains largely a Christian country, with deep historical and structural links with the established Church. The 2011 census indicates that more than 60 per cent of the English self-identify as Christian. … More Postscript to ‘Britain is Not a Christian Country’
David Cameron recently decided to make the statement that Britain is a “Christian country”, which it quite clearly isn’t in any functioning way (even though many of its underpinning laws and practices are Christian in origin). The Church of England, for example, contains many great and godly men, women and churches but is riddled with … More Britain is Not a Christian Country
This year’s T4G conference in Louisville (8th-10th April) entitled ‘Unashamed of the Gospel’ brought together 7,000 attendees to the worlds worst-named sports arena – ‘The KFC Yum! Center’. Anything positive taking place in a venue with that name is a bonus, and this year’s edition of the biennial conference certainly had a lot of bonuses. … More Reflections on T4G
Commentaries have a very bad name and no-one, it seems, wants to read them. I’ve been able to talk a few of my non-preaching friends into reading a commentary, but on the whole my recommendation has been met with the kind of knowing smile I would give an astrophysicist should he or she claim that … More A Great Commenduction to Romans
‘Beating Satan to a Pulp’, ‘Redeeming the World a Million Converts at a Time’, ‘Conquering Spiritual Army on the Move’…those would make way cooler headings for 2014’s Discipleship Focus here at Google ‘exciting personal devotions’ and this comes up. First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman. Maybe one day I’ll try and get away with doing … More Discipleship Focus for 2014: Personal Devotions
Preaching about bereavement here at First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman on Sunday was almost as intimidating as it was a privilege. Having an albeit limited amount of training and experience in grief counselling, it has been a concern of mine for a number of years that many people are suffering great, debilitating and ongoing pain … More Is Jesus Enough…When I’ve Lost a Loved One?
One of the latest trendy religious thoughts popping up in places like this, is that we should ditch the phrase “love the sinner, hate the sin” from our vocabulary as Christians. Nothing terrible there – it’s a popular Gandhi quote, not a Jesus quote, so we can ditch it if we like… The idea of ditching … More Still Loving the Sinner, Still Hating the Sin
I don’t remember too many other weeks as bad as this one for the sheer volume of tragic incidents around the world: – 16th September – Washington DC, USA. 12 killed by a lone gunman with unknown motives. – 16th September – Mexico. 110 dead after the country is hit by two storms: Hurricane Ingrid … More Tragedy, Grief & Sin
Or more specifically, getting over her act on Sunday night at the Video Music Awards (an MTV production). So what happened? Well, essentially she wore almost nothing, simulated sex with a (married) co-performer and made many lewd gestures with the help of a giant foam finger. As a result, Cyrus herself rejoiced over her ability … More Getting Over Miley Cyrus
Paul T Reynolds 