Author: Phill Marsh

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Reflections on the Scandal – Chapter 2: The Centre of the Whole Bible

I am constantly amazed by the fact that no matter how many times I read the accounts of the cross or a new book on the subject of the cross, God continues to reveal more of Himself to me. As someone who has been a Christian for a number of years I know I can…
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Reflections on the Scandal – Chapter 1: The Ironies of the Cross

Irony is what separates us from the animals (and the Americans). Okay, there may be a few other things too, but I love irony. It’s why I chuckled with glee when the unfortunately timed photo to the right was released following protests in London. It’s also why I was eager to begin reading the first…
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Reflections on the Scandal

Palm Sunday marked the beginning of Holy Week; the week leading up to Good Friday (when we remember Christ’s death on the cross), and Easter Sunday (when we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and victory over sin and death). This year, to guide our thoughts and meditations in the build up to Easter, a number of friends…
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Jesus the Destroyer

As possibly the clumsiest person alive, I have destroyed many things in my (arguably) short time upon this earth; my Mum’s favourite glass horse from Venice’s finest glass blowers; The interior of my family’s Citroen 2CV Dolly with the help of a stomach bug, numerous Kraft cheese slices and a carton of apple juice; The…
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TIS: Jason Mraz – I’m Yours

So begins ‘Truth in Sound’, a new series of semi-regular blog posts, resulting as a continuation of my original Top 10 God-bothering songs posted here. In that post, I said that: So often I find myself listening to songs on the radio and hearing within them lines of solid gold, expressing perfectly something of the…
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Study Series: Crazy Love – Chapter Four

Despite the recent run of glorious rain (I, unlike most, am loving this unseasonal weather), I have already been to a record number of barbeques this year. If there were ever any question of how best to prepare food, barbeque is without doubt the answer. Cooking food in the open air with the aid of…
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Study Series: Crazy Love – Chapter Three

I’ve been talking about the Moon a lot lately. Partly due to the fact that I’m a bit of a geek and it’s 40 years since Man landed on the moon and that kind of thing excites me, and partly because an inordinate amount of my (former) friends seem to think that it didn’t happen.…
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Injustice and Oppression; Hindsight, Foresight and the God-Man

The 80’s was a bad decade for many things; music, fashion, the economy – not many things came out of it untarnished. Eighties films however, shine out like stars in a night sky. The decade of my birth is responsible for some of the greatest films of all time. I recall with sweet affection the…
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Study Series: Crazy Love – Chapter Two

Before I get into this week’s chapter, allow me first to share some great news with you; You can now obtain an audio copy of Crazy Love for FREE from christianaudio.com. All you have to do is click here and follow the instructions on the page, entering the code JUL2009 when prompted to do so.…
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Beauty and the Fear of Not Knowing

A couple of years ago on a hot summer’s day after a particularly sweaty church service I decided that the most appropriate way for me to cool down would be to take a nice cold bath. With this in mind I duly returned home, ran the cold water tap in the bath, carried my stereo…
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