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Jackdaws in my tree

February 19, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Jackdaws in my tree I have been looking at something happening in recent weeks. Just sitting and watching has reminded me of some words of Martin Luther, the rumbustious Reformer (1483-1546) to whom Evangelicals owe so much – doctrines like ‘justification by grace through faith’ and the ‘priesthood of all believers’, which
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What my first Bible story means to me now

January 28, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for What my first Bible story means to me now What has a children’s Bible story, a bird in an apple tree, the Battle of Britain got to do with forgiveness, God after the Full Stop, and the dance going on?
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The shootings in Tucson, Arizona

January 12, 2011 Haddon's Blog
The shootings in Tucson Arizona challenge humanity. Like any evil, they challenge Christian faith and hope. How shall we respond? In England will we say again, wearily, and from a hypocritical distance, What can you expect in a country that glorifies the gun? Or shall we respond with peace and civility….?
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‘Winning culture a matter of trust and forgiveness’

January 7, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Celebrate England’s triumph in Australia! How did they do it? Do they have something to teach us all about living together? Simon Barnes says they do, and he tells us plainly.
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A must-read letter from Peru

January 1, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Here is sharp challenge and some good cheer. A very special letter I got this Christmas from an old student, who has given most of his life, into old age, serving the poor in Peru as a Catholic priest who comes from Leeds and did me a lot of good when he was a student on my MA course in the University many years ago.
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Jesus Christ – the Light of the World

December 10, 2010 Haddon's Blog
These notes of a sermon preached by Keith White on Advent Sunday 2010 have come my way. Why should Edmonton Baptist Church only have the benefit of them? So here they are for readers of this website, wherever they may be:
Jesus is the light of the world: You are the light of the world.
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What is happiness and can it be measured?

December 4, 2010 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for What is happiness and can it be measured? Happiness – what is it? Can it be measured? What good can the Government do by trying to measure it? What clues does the Bible give us about what happiness is and how to be happy? In a week when we hear a sermon about Happiness, Charles Taylor, professional statistician and a member of the Church, reflects…
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Best Christmas ever?

November 27, 2010 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Best Christmas ever? I wonder why this little email is having such an effect. I have some answers and my first thought was to explain them on this blog. Then I thought again: it would be better to let all my readers find out for themselves what this is about. Leave them free to enjoy it for themselves. And then let them share their reactions on this site.
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God so loves the world – do we?

November 15, 2010 Haddon's Blog
The basic miracle of Christian faith is that these words really hold together: God loves the world. Change, or drop, any one of them and Christianity dissolves. We are all born lay-people and most of us die lay-people. That is God’s norm; and it is no accident, because God loves the world. God scatters us into the world’s life so that our lives are shaped by sharing in its activities and our best energies consumed by it.
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One way of reading Paul’s letter to the Romans

November 6, 2010 Haddon's Blog
Romans is a writing by a free, deeply feeling person, busy with an innovative mission in the world and living ‘in Christ’. The text reflects the complexity and energy of the apostle. It is not easily summarized. It cannot be grasped all at once. Every time one reads it, something new is found in it. Especially if we go to Romans with a new question or concern, it shows itself in a new light – and gives us new light.
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