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Moving church “online”

June 26, 2020 ilfordipc

What if you opened your newspaper one day and read the following headlines?  Success: NHS moves local hospital online. Fire…

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Posted in: church, the body, the gospel, Worship services

The risks of public worship

June 22, 2020 ilfordipc

The UK government wants the church to fill out risk assessment forms for people coming to worship. Here’s my assessment…

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Posted in: church, priorities

What “I’m too busy” really means

June 8, 2020 ilfordipc

It’s a very common expression, which we’ve probably all used at some point or other. We use it as a…

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Posted in: God, priorities, time

The best place to tackle racism is at the Lord’s Table

June 1, 2020 ilfordipc

In 1857, the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa made a terrible decision. Some white members of the church…

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Posted in: "right hand of fellowship", catholicity of church, church, racism, the Lord's Supper, trends

Did Jesus prophesy about Mohammed?

May 31, 2020 ilfordipc

A while ago I took part in a Muslim-Christian discussion. At one point in the evening, I heard the old…

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Posted in: hermeneutics, Islam, Jesus Christ - his divinity, Jesus Christ - his humanity, Mohammed, The Holy Spirit Filed under: Bible, Islam, Jesus, Mohammad

Dads, sit your children at the table

May 21, 2020 ilfordipc

This is particularly for the dads (while we’re likely at home more).  I’ve previously said that the table is our…

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Posted in: children, family, leadership, parenting, presbyterian church Filed under: children, fathers, parenting

Day of Prayer & Fasting

May 18, 2020 ilfordipc

What’s the aim? To spend the day fasting and giving some deliberate time to private prayer, to household prayer, and…

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Posted in: fasting, piety, prayer, repentance

“Traditional” church

May 5, 2020 ilfordipc

If we want people to come to our church, “traditional” is one of the last words any of us would…

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Posted in: church, Church history, Hillsong, Reformed tradition, Roman Catholic, tradition

This is what I want to be like when I’m 89!

April 17, 2020 ilfordipc

Derek Prime was the minister of Landsdowne Evangelical Church, south London (1957-69), and Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh (1969-1987). His son and…

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Posted in: Derek Prime, old age, suffering

Presbyterians put Jesus to death

April 6, 2020 ilfordipc

The majority of Christians are not interested in labels today, but All Nations Church Ilford is a “presbyterian” church. We’re…

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Posted in: English presbyterians, Good Friday, presbyterian church

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