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When we were living and working in inner city Liverpool (Toxteth, during the riots of the early 80s), our GP was a committed Marxist, who had plastered over his surgery walls pictures of significant revolutionaries. I expressed my surprise once that Jesus Christ was there, alongside Che Guevara and Lenin and Trotsky. He waxed eloquent about how radical and politically astute the Sermon on the Mount was - but added how tragic that no Christian understood it properly! Many ha

Once, God asked Augustine what he wanted to know. “Just two things,” came the reply, “yourself and myself.” Wise response. Too many of us fail in both quests I fear. On this strange journey that we are all on, from the cradle to the grave and beyond, the crucial question still grips us: will we be equipped for such a trip? Can we be sure that what we know of God will be enough to see us through any pain or exasperation? Are we sure that deep within, we are strong enough to f

What makes a good Christmas? Perhaps over the last few weeks you have been asked, ‘are you ready for Christmas?’ Of course, they are not asking, ‘are you ready for the wonderful celebration of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ?’ Rather, they are enquiring whether all the presents have been bought, whether the mince pies have been made, and whether all the practical arrangements have been made. Sadly, for many, they will be celebrating Christmas without Christ,