Saturday, 15 May 2021

Life in the pandemic XXV The touching faith of atheists…….

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Atheism, in its various forms, has a very old and in some quarters a cherished history. It’s a history that many modern-day atheists seem to...
Saturday, 24 April 2021

Life in the pandemic XXIV Alice through the twitter glass…….

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I am fairly sure that (most) humanists are nice people. Certainly, the current president of Humanists UK, Alice Roberts, has always struck m...
Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Life in the pandemic XXIII: Easter Reflections – No offense, but……

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I recently mentioned my liking for reading history (at the time I was reading McGrath on reformation thought). I am happy to report that I ...
Friday, 2 April 2021

Life in the pandemic XXII: Easter Reflections - Singing in the darkness..

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Last year at Easter we were just getting used to lockdown – working from home, one hour’s exercise a day and the rest. It made for an intere...
Monday, 29 March 2021

Life in the pandemic XXI: Back to the future......

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Back in September last year I asserted that no-one could predict the future, at least with any certainty or precision. This was at the time...
Thursday, 4 March 2021

Life in the pandemic XX: It feels a bit like 1517….

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As well as enjoying box-sets of the West Wing , I spend quite a lot of my time reading history. It was my best subject at school, and I woul...
Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Life in the pandemic XIX: Don’t follow the Christians…..

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Most of the world has a lot more sense than to be interested in the going’s on in “Ravi Zacharias International Ministries” (RZIM for short)...