As a Scottish football supporter, hand on heart, that's the worst refereeing performance I've seen in 52 days.

Sheridan and I are back on our travels this weekend to raise the volume on this much needed conversation in the church and society. The north of England here we come!

For anyone I know going to Keswick, don’t miss this his. These guys are great - and quite fun. Not to mention that the subject matter is vitally important.

Self-checkout machines

What causes crime? One thing we don't talk about nearly enough is our friendships. A thread on how no man is an island and what we should do about it. (1/7)

Never even liked tennis anyway.

My pal Phil Knox and I have just finished a speaking trip on the Power of Friendship. We've really become friends through it. We tried to model this in real time by dragging chairs on stage and asking each other these questions: friendshiplab.org/questions Try them yourself.

earlier this week I gave a talk about conscience in medicine where I talked about how good is to be done and evil avoided. issue was taken with my choice of the word “evil” — like it was a bit much. if we don’t believe evil is real, then the enemy has already won.

the new bebbington quadrilateral of american evangelicalism: 1. overspiritualization of the gospel 2. posture of fear/hostility toward culture 3. individualistic approach to scripture 4. nostalgia for and entitlement to power

Kim Leadbeater’s witness list was 80%-20% in favour of the bill’s supporters. 9 lawyers were invited (6 pro, 3 neutral), alongside 8 witnesses from other jurisdictions (all pro), academics, medics, etc. But who *didn’t* receive an invitation? Here’s an incomplete list:

I’ve been writing sermons for nearly 20 years and still feel a sense of surprise and delight when I finish writing a sermon. More and more I realize it is a process I am attentive to and not something I am wrangling into being. Its conclusion is evidence of God’s faithfulness.

Looking forward to being in Glasgow on the 15th May - 7pm at Newtownmearns Baptist church to chat about Being Human - applying it to assisted suicide, sexuality and what is a woman?

Thank you Naz Shah MP for speaking for vulnerable people. I beg voting MPs to ask why the Royal College of Psychiatrists, groups representing people with disabilities, & the majority of palliative care doctors & geriatricians are opposed to this bill. I am not anti AD - but this bill is dangerous.

"The Pedaei sacrifice & feast on anyone who reaches old age. It does not happen very often, however, that anyone comes to be thought of as old. It only requires someone to fall sick before reaching that stage of life, after all, & he or she is killed" - Herodotus

What a treat to be at Darren McGarvey show today looking at trauma and how we interact with it. Thoughtful, creative, moving, funny and entirely disturbing. I hope the book is half as good as the show

The CEO of Dignity in Dying claims that peers are merely discussing “the practicalities” and are therefore “ready to deliver this change.” This is highly misleading. At second reading, critics of the bill outnumbered supporters by more than 2 to 1. Here is a sample of their

On talkSPORT they are promoting “safer gambling week” this is an industry initiative that does nothing to help people in gambling harm. It’s about the industry pretending they are safe and if you have a “problem” it’s your fault. It’s not. Gambling is addictive by design, it

What’s unconstitutional is a govt bill (but not trailed in manifesto) masquerading as a private members bill; ministers assisting in voting down amendments in Commons committee; now pretending the Lords have no right to vote to amend or reject the result.

Yesterday, I posted about asking your pastor to lunch or coffee, and apparently a lot of folks have strong feelings about such things. I noted that it would be excellent if you'd tell your pastor what you'd like to talk about beforehand - "Pastor, can we get lunch? I'd like to

2025 has NOT seen a Christian revival, quiet or otherwise, in the UK. It has seen, in my view, a "quiet awakening" - with many people experiencing inexplicable promptings to explore faith. And the conditions for actual society-changing revival are in place. A thread: