So, I was recently sat in my favourite burger establishment with my wife when we realised that it’s becoming a little uncomfortable there. Turns out that we go waaaaaay too often. You know that things are bad when you are pretty much best buds with the staff. We’re long past being on first -name turns.…
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So, A good friend happened to ask me the other day, “have you heard the new Tim Hughes album?” Now, to be totally honest with you, the question was a little misleading. Let me explain. A “new album” is by definition an album of new content. Tim Hughes’ last album release was April 2007 and…
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The Apostle Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthian Church reaches its apex at the beginning of the fifteenth chapter, For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day…
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AGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGG. This is my roar of impatience (only in real life it is even more fearsome). From whence comes this roar of manly anger, you may quite reasonably ask? This righteous anger is provoked most sharply by poor writing. I define such writing thus: Poor grammar. Especially. When. The. Text. Is. Over. Punctuated. Grrrr. Lazy…
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The Apostle Paul writes to Timothy warning him that ‘all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted’ (2 Timothy 3:12). This book tells the stories of saints who have gone before, suffered and been murdered, for their faith in Jesus Christ. These accounts are the antithesis to what Dr…
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Think back to the summer of ’99. It was the year of the bilingual popstar. Ricky Martin was going Livin’ La Vida Loca, Geri Halliwell finally found Mi Chico Latino and, my personal favourite, the Vengaboys with the classic Boom Boom Boom Boom!! You may have been sat at home, dunking your biscuits watching The…
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Before I continue, I guess I firstly need to address that cover. Yes, that man is wearing a trilby and his jacket is most certainly tweed. And yes, if it were not for that hat cast at a jaunty angle hiding much of his boyish face, I am sure he would be sneaking an ever-so-cheeky…
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I must confess to being something of a John Piper fan, if such a thing is permissible and would not earn a righteous rebuke from the man himself! His writings do often succeed in leaving me feeling like a spiritual lightweight with a feeble grasp of all things theological and his books, though carrying marvellous…
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Air is necessary. Without air you and I will die. Food is necessary. If we go without food for too long we most surely starve to death. Water is necessary. If we forego water for long enough we will dehydrate, pass out and, eventually, we will die. For the Christian, Scripture is as necessary as…
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If, in an alternate hypothetical universe, I were to write a book entitled the Fiendishly Complex Compendium of Cunning Conundrums, I fear that few people would be adding it to their holiday reading list. In this hypothetical universe, the reasons for my failure as a novelist are manifold. Problem number one, I am the author.…
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