JOHN'S BLOG

This is a list of ones I've had recommended to me or have used myself. I'll try to keep it updated if people let me know of ones the...

One thing that being a dad taught me about God's love is to do with forgiveness. My son hurts me most days at the moment. Yesterday it w...

One of the reasons I've not been blogging much of late is that we now have a lovely baby boy. I've learnt loads about being a dad (...

I've read a lot of Christian books that were okay – they didn't set the world alight but they might have reminded me of some importa...

When we read stories in the Old Testament, sometimes it's easy to know what we're meant to think about the events, because God tells...

I quite like John Piper . For those who aren't familiar with him, he's an American preacher and theologian who manages to combine “h...

It's always slightly odd singing the song “Father God, I wonder”. In the chorus, there's a line with two different versions. It...

This is an outline of a sermon I gave on Ash Wednesday this year. Some people found it helpful, so I've written up my notes. The Hebrew...

Some Bible books just leave us guessing when they were written (e.g. James). Some give us enough information to say with a great deal of acc...

I wrote this for folks at church; some people have found it helpful, so I thought I'd share it more widely. Here are a few quick thought...