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Matt White
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When Christians leave, can we still love?
The treatment of an Arsenal footballer who transferred to a French team has something it can teach us about how Christians should respond when "one of us" decides to leave the fold.
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Jo Brand's 'ill-judged' joke and the challenge of comedy
I've always admired Jo Brand but this week she got it wrong
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Is it worth crying over thrown milkshakes?
There are some people I'd never vote for and I'd actively campaign against their ideology, but I wouldn't throw a milkshake
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#PrayforRHE: Why our heavenly petitions don't come with a scoring system
People finding themselves wanting to join in the chorus of prayers for Rachel and her family, but somehow feeling like they needed to first preface it with a positional statement.
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Flying tankers and a rush for answers: a lesson from Notre-Dame
Like the 45th President of The United States of America, I sometimes find myself facing someone's situation or confronted with another's problem and before I can help it, I've blurted out some unsolicited, unnecessary advice.
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Preachers and their very expensive sneakers: why we shouldn't be so quick to judge
Pastors in Yeezy's and Nike Air Max costing thousands of dollars a pair are easy to knock but I wonder how I'd feel about my outfits being scrutinised as somehow an indication of my sincerity or integrity as a Christian
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Turning shotguns into sharing platters: why we all need to mind our Brexit language
It's tempting to adopt a battle stance when it comes to Brexit, but as the discourse on this issue of huge national significance has shown, there's no worse way to engage
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Brexit, loyalty and the politics of the playground
A few years ago, a wise friend told me that real loyalty isn't just following what someone else does, it's living up to their values even when they can't.
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In defence of the gentle man
Greg Morse is just the latest in a growing list of men who want to explain how Christian men should behave.
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Counting bricks: a lesson in accountability from a bankrupt church
Just a glimmer of accountability, a chance to support not through blind compliance but by making sure the bricks stack up.
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Between a rock and a hard Brexit: What Would Jesus Do?
There's this story in the Bible where Jesus is out and about and suddenly he finds himself in the middle of a disturbance.
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The Spice Girls and Westlife can do it – sort of. Why can't Christians deal with comebacks?
Maybe some doors are too heavy to hold open? Maybe some burnt bridges can't be rebuilt?
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Heckling Jeff Sessions: Lessons about patience from a pastor's protest
We've recently had to start a new list in our house. It's not my son's letter to Santa, that started back in March. This is a list of 'banned words'.
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Ashers Bakery: The £500k cost of this Supreme Court case isn't the only price to pay
Sadly for many, myself included, the case has been labelled a battle between two communities that neither side fully represents or speaks for, and that can have no real winners.
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'No significant change': Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford and America's lost art of listening
It makes me want to scream, like an impatient four-year-old with a lot to say: 'ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!?!'
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