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Gifts & Offices
You have to love the early church’s aversion to titles and honour. Perhaps it’s Ana approach you are more likely to adopt when persecution is a genuine reality, but I like to think that they had Jesus’ teaching ringing in their ears: XXXXXX…… The descriptions of Deacons (lit. Servants), Pastors…
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Meals, Mary’s & Myrrh
Recently at the Think Conference 2026, I was listening to the case being made for two distinct occasions in which perfume was poured over Jesus head. One recorded by Matthew, Mark & John at the end of Jesus’ ministry, and a separate occasion recorded by Luke at the start. It…
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Did you really mean Sin
Sin has been something that has been off the agenda. Off limits in conversation and unfashionable in preaching and evangelism. Typing the word sin into notes on my iPhone recently a caption popped up; ‘did you mean…son”. Certainly even apple thinks that we shouldn’t be speaking or writing the word.…
