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Dave Luck
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What the Jeremy Kyle controversy can teach us
Beyond the inevitable bust up, the deeper attraction of it all was the fuel it provided to mock others, to enjoy a sense of superiority over them and ultimately to issue judgement over the type of people they were. It took a death to stop all of this.
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To cross the winning line, we first need to take a step of faith
If we're honest, it's in the challenges that we grow.
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What's the point of Lent?
If we think Lent is just about having less, we're missing the point
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Don't let worry have the final word
There is a different life available where we live dependent on God's resources and not just our own.
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Brexit: there is a way to move beyond anger and frustration but will anyone listen?
The reason the Brexit campaign was a success is its greatest weakness – it made it sound straightforward.
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What will make a difference to the knife crime crisis?
What could be previously largely ignored by opinion-formers and policy-makers has become unavoidable.
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We're all individuals: In an age of identity politics, Jesus sees the person
As a white, middle class male I am not used to standing out. I haven't had to fight past barriers that others have, I haven't had to overcome others perceptions of me.
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God bless Alpha – but church is not just for beautiful people
The point is that church is actually a pretty jumbled-up mix of people and that's the beauty of it.
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Kids' church, family and Brexit: Why people are more important than projects
The cause may be vital and exciting but I believe we should change the world a person at a time, starting with loving those closest to us.
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Down with this sort of thing: Brexit and the politics of opposition
Whether it's in the church or politics, just opposing things isn't very helpful.
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After the Screaming Stops: Bros, fame and God
'He was a rectangle and I was a rectangle and we made a square, which therefore is a fortress'.
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The art of the ordinary: How to let God help us make the best of the life we have
The risk is that people constantly chase the next thing, never settling to invest, never learning to be content with what they've been given.
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Happy Tuesday: God is (still) with you
In our culture, once the festivities finish the malaise manifests.
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I'm dreaming of a not weird Christmas
If we still had our son Ben it would be different in some ways. We lost Ben to cancer in 2011.
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Great Expectations: How do we handle it when everything goes wrong?
I don't beat myself up about the past but these days I don't expect tidy solutions to life's challenges. My theology has changed.
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