All Regular Columnists articles – Page 10
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Regular ColumnistsAsk, Seek, Knock: Why we’ve misunderstood Jesus’ teaching on prayer
One evening, my wife was reading out the recycling rules and said: “Why not do it right now?” Feeling somewhat aggrieved, I asserted (rather too loudly) that I had already been doing it right, but she cut me off. “No,” she said. “Why not do it right ...
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Regular ColumnistsIt used to be easy to recite the Lord’s prayer. It isn’t anymore
Even before I was a follower of Jesus, I would rattle off the Lord’s Prayer. Emanating from our school assemblies, the sound could be described as ‘reluctant unison’. There was a sleepy and contented cadence to it, which perfectly matched my 9am energy levels. I liked that ...
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Regular ColumnistsRend Collective's Chris Llewellyn: God is disrupting our worship
The Rend Collective frontman is reimagining his approach
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Regular ColumnistsConfessions of a minor Christian celebrity
Rend Collective's Chris Llewellyn has something to confess...
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Regular ColumnistsTom Wright: How Christians responded to ancient plagues
NT Wright, one of the world's leading New Testament scholars, tells Justin Brierley how Christians have responded to pandemics in the past
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Regular ColumnistsJeff Lucas: How my dad escaped the Nazis
Jeff Lucas shares a moving story from the second world war
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Regular ColumnistsRend Collective's Chris Llewellyn: 'The Bible isn't an instruction manual'
In his latest column, Rend Collective's Chris Llewellyn explains what answering phones taught him about God's word
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Regular ColumnistsTom Wright: Revealing the real Saint Paul
Don’t call him a ‘religious thinker’ or ‘philosopher’. The apostle Paul doesn’t fit into our modern categories, says one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, Tom Wright
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Regular ColumnistsI see you
It’s an old adage, and one I’ve never liked: children should be seen and not heard. Growing up, I experienced the opposite. I felt heard by my parents: they cared for me, yet I didn’t feel noticed.
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Regular ColumnistsGod's Hobby
I always have mixed emotions when hearing about other people’s hobbies
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Regular ColumnistsStill showing up
They are days that are consistently tinged with irritation. We generally refer to them as one of those days. You wake up with a headache to discover that the dog made a midnight snack of your new Ray-Bans, miss the bus on the way to work, and discover that your boss is actually a werewolf thinly disguised as a human being. Later in the day, you’re asked how you’re doing. You mumble, “All right, I suppose. Just having one of those days’.
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Regular ColumnistsNT Wright attacks 'fashionable fantasy' of allowing children to choose their own gender
Tom Wright is best known for his academic and popular work in defense of Christianity and Christ's resurrection. But the professor has just waded into one of the most divisive social and cultural issues of our time. Sam Hailes reports
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Regular ColumnistsAll sit down: it's ok to do nothing in church
It was obvious to all that my sermon was drawing to a close. Not only had I uttered the words much beloved by congregations everywhere (“and finally…”) but in summarising my key points, it was clear that I was preparing to land the proverbial plane
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Regular ColumnistsThe sound of silence
It’s a frustrating moment. You’re having an important conversation with a friend on the phone, when suddenly the line goes dead, usually at a critical place when they’re just about to tell you that the baby has been born, the stock market has collapsed or that chap in charge of North Korea has decided to volunteer at a food bank and revise his haircut.
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Regular ColumnistsNT Wright: Why Jesus’ crucifixion is a fact of history
Leading New Testament scholar Tom Wright explains why Christians can be confident the gospel accounts are true
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Regular ColumnistsThe Doorman
Being a man, and trying to be polite with it, can be challenging these days.
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Regular ColumnistsNever say never
It’s a conversation that the now President of the United States bitterly regrets. Unaware that he was being recorded, he was caught making horribly abusive comments about the way he treated women. His exact words are well known, releasing me from the need to stain this page by repeating them. ...
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Regular Columnists3 videos which explain Tom Wright's cross-centred Christianity
Ahead of London Bible Week, Tom Wright tells Justin Brierley how Christians should think about the atonement
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Regular ColumnistsTom Wright's cross centred revolution
The former Bishop of Durham remains the most influential Bible scholar on the planet. He tells Justin Brierley why he’s returning to the cross of Christ
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