Monthly Archives: November 2024

My Views on the Assisted Suicide Bill

I am not opposed to assisted suicide in all circumstances on principle; but I cannot support this evidently rushed and badly thought-out proposal and I hope you vote against.  Continue reading

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Tyrants and a King: Sermon Preached on 24th November 2024 (Christ the King)

What do you think about the idea that Jesus Christ will return? Do you think it’s mad? Be honest. Continue reading

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The Birth Pangs of Something New?: Sermon Preached on 17th November 2024 (Second Sunday Before Advent)

We probably aren’t living near the end of the world; but we might well be living through the end of an era. Continue reading

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Following Christ in Our Place: Sermon Preached on 10th November 2024 (Third Sunday before Advent)

We’re not all made to be the sort of people who just walk away from their jobs to convert the world—but we’re all called to something. Continue reading

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What if there were another Dunkirk?: Sermon Preached on 10th November 2024 (Remembrance Sunday)

I wonder if it had to, could the UK do again what it did in the Second World War? Continue reading

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I Predicted Trump’s Win…

With no particular pleasure, I predicted Donald Trump’s win, in the week before the election, in print Continue reading

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Without the Freedom to Do Evil There Is No Love: Sermon Preached on 2nd November 2024 (Fourth Sunday Before Advent)

There are moments when we think we want God stop all the worst things happening in the world, with thunderbolts and of rains of fire if necessary—but when we think about it, we don’t really. Continue reading

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