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I think that’s a great question that Mark Driscoll asks Terry Virgo and there’s a great answer. Before you go to church tomorrow spend 10 minutes watching this and then ask God to help you enjoy Him. Interview with Mark Driscoll: Spirit filled leading from Terry Virgo on Vimeo.

Today we’re off as a family to Sweden for ten days. It’s a mix of business and personal and hopefully all pleasure. Initially we’re with our core church planting team for the weekend in Stockholm to spend time together, to pray, to dream and to invest in relationships ahead of what is going to be [...]

In this whole debate I think Rob Bell’s opponents have taken some serious mis-steps. I think Bell is wrong on a number of key points but because of the subject matter at hand (people spending eternity in hell) then you need to think a little bit about how you respond to this one. Bell is [...]

The profound affect of David Wilkerson who died recently. What happens as you educate a nation? Apparently they get less religious. The UK sells 20% of the weapons to the world’s government. As Jeremy says, they’re not being put to great use if you value democracy. What is The Value of Unpaid Work and Which [...]

So finally I’ve got here with a review of the most controversial Christian book in ages, Rob Bell’s Love Wins: At the heart of Life’s Big Questions. Be warned this is quite a long post. I’ve been wondering how to begin, how to both sum up and introduce a book that has been reviewed thousands [...]

Are you reading? What are you reading? Why not leave a comment and let us know what books you’ve got on the go at the moment and get a snapshot of what Simple Pastor readers read! Reviews Jeremy reviews Peoplequake by Fred Pearce: ‘a great book for thinking through the population question for yourself.’ Tim [...]

This won’t be a long post but I think it’s important, the review is tomorrow by the way. One of things I always do when reading a book is look for the list of books, study the bibliography, pick out the recurring names and see the plot lines of an authors thinking develop. This helps [...]

There’s a new Christianity Explored website check it out HT: Tim Chester Can forgiveness ever be easy? I suspect not, not when it really matters Andrew Wilson does a two parter on an atheists reaction to Tim Keller’s Reason for God. Part 1 and part 2 This is remarkable art for a digital age. What [...]

The review is coming this week but to be honest the debate and controversy that has surrounded the book is almost as important as what Rob Bell actually says. Up until now I’d not really considered the issue of hell as an issue to ‘die for’ – it’s well known that John Stott favoured annihilationism [...]

Two blogs dominate my links today with some interesting insight into the way our world works (or doesn’t) so first to the way technology is shaping our habits and our lives This says that a quarter of young men (18-24) are worried about the amount of porn they’re watching on the internet. There are some [...]

Hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed your Easter celebrations and so if you’re finding yourself in need of some thought provoking reading, you’re in the right place. First off a visual reminder of the confidence we have in the historical bodily resurrection of Christ. HT: Gordon Kennedy This data visualiser from the World [...]

I’ll go along with that! HT: Steven Holmes