What’s At Stake

I was challenged not too long to explain the reasons for my position on the identity of Jesus Christ.  The challenge was laid out as a matter of urgency because what was at stake was the crucial pivotal point of life – who is worthy of worship.  There are perceptions that suggest only God is […]

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It’s A Formality – Part Two

In a recent blog on the issue formality and spirituality regarding clothing, I was questioning the big deal we make about clothing and its relation to ‘church services’.  (Read it again, it’s worth while to get the context on where I’m coming from with what follows.) There is something of a conceit with the whole […]

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It’s A Formality – Part One

Sometimes it’s best not to question certain practices and norms, because when you start to question you start on a slippery slope to rebellion against that which our fathers and forefathers held in high regard. Take for example clothes. I do believe that clothes makes the man.  I do believe that fashion makes a statement […]

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Mistakes I Have Made

I would not be writing this blog if I had gone a different way not too long ago.  I could have been what I call a corporate Christian.  Now by corporate, I’m obviously not talking about into the gathering as a whole.  What I mean by corporate Christian is viewing the whole thing as a […]

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Never Going Back?

It should be fairly clear by now that moving from Stoke-on-Trent to Little Hulton at the end of 2009 physically (although there’s an argument that I’d left before then) was very traumatic.  The difficulty of the transitional stage of working in Stoke-on-Trent whilst living in Little Hulton in January was a mental strain more than […]

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MTP27 – Staying Close To Excel

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbour who is near than a brother who is far away. (Proverbs 27:10) Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) One of the entries I’m looking […]

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