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Mark Roques

Mark taught Philosophy and Religious Education at Prior Park College, Bath, for many years. As Director of RealityBites he has developed a rich range of resources for youth workers and teachers. He has spoken at conferences in the UK, Holland, South Korea, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. Mark is a lively storyteller and the author of four books, including The Spy, the Rat and the Bed of Nails: Creative Ways of Talking about Christian Faith. His work is focused on storytelling and how this can help us to communicate the Christian faith. He has written many articles for the Baptist Times, RE Today, Youthscape, Direction magazine and the Christian Teachers Journal.
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Mafia Mobsters and Windows on Worldviews

Windows on Worldviews: exploring secular beliefs in A-level and GCSE Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies is an innovative, free video resource which unpacks both religious and secular beliefs. According to recent research more than 70% of UK young people aged 15-plus have no formal religious affiliation with many embracing a Read more…

By Mark Roques, 4 weeksAugust 30, 2023 ago
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Adolf goes Camping

Frau Beckstein lived in Austria at the fag end of the 19th century. She was a noble and idealistic school teacher and she loved poetry, novels, opera and painting. To say that Frau Beckstein was cultured would be an understatement. She loved the life of the artist and she swooned Read more…

By Mark Roques, 3 monthsJuly 10, 2023 ago
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Thor’s not Happy

Thor, the Norse hammer chucker, is not a happy god! In this exclusive interview we get the low down on the mighty thunder god’s riches to rags story. In the old days when the Vikings ruled the waves, Thor was a respected and prosperous heathen god who always got decent Read more…

By Mark Roques, 4 monthsJune 5, 2023 ago
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New Age Faith and the Cosmic Ordering Service

Barbel Mohr was a best-selling German author who wrote the book The Cosmic Ordering Service: A Guide to Realizing your Dreams which sold more than a million copies. This is the book made famous by television presenter Noel Edmonds’s admission that he used it to get his deepest longings fulfilled. Read more…

By Mark Roques, 4 monthsMay 18, 2023 ago
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Science Worship and Mass Murder

Consider two conversations about Science and God on the streets of Leeds. Less Fruitful Conversation “Hello, my name is Susan and I believe that only science tells us the truth. This means that Christianity is a load of rubbish.” “We don’t talk about stuff like that in our church. But Read more…

By Mark Roques, 5 monthsApril 25, 2023 ago
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Serving God as Cobblers and French Teachers

How can we serve God outside the church sphere? Many Christians today are aware of the problem of dualism: the sacred/secular split. It’s easy to understand that preachers, pastors, evangelists and apologists are serving God but what about cobblers and French teachers? William Tyndale (1494-1536) is famous for translating the Read more…

By Mark Roques, 6 monthsMarch 15, 2023 ago
RealityBites

Sex and the Revival of Epicureanism

It was a very good evening last night. Justin Brierley interviewed Andrew Bunt and Charlie Bell on one of the burning issues of the day. Is a practising, gay lifestyle compatible with biblical teaching? I thought the tone and the content were excellent. Justin was gracious, as always, and both Read more…

By Mark Roques, 8 monthsFebruary 8, 2023 ago
RealityBites

Apologetics, Jesus Dreams and Eric Cantona

In the Bible there are many stories of God speaking to people in dreams. In Genesis chapter 41 God spoke to Pharaoh in a dream about fat and ugly cows. In Daniel 4 God spoke to king Nebuchadnezzar in a dramatic tree dream that made him terrified. In Matthew 2 Read more…

By Mark Roques, 8 monthsJanuary 23, 2023 ago
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Magi, Tiberius, Astrology and Murder

During this advent season we often think about the Magi who came to worship Jesus. We don’t know if they were astrologers but we do know about the dark astrological faith of the emperor Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD) who reigned during the final years of our Lord and Read more…

By Mark Roques, 9 monthsDecember 20, 2022 ago
RealityBites

Cannibalism really works for us

I remember going to the doctor twenty years ago. I was suffering from panic attacks. I told the doctor that my breathing was a bit of a nightmare. I was very distressed. I couldn’t sleep. I was even watching obscure Argentinian football games on the gogglebox at 3 in the Read more…

By Mark Roques, 10 monthsNovember 18, 2022 ago

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  1. Steve on Christian Economics?August 16, 2023

    Hi Richard, I’ve listed some resources in economics here: https://allofliferedeemed.co.uk/economics/ Alan Storkey’s Transforming economics is a good place to start.

  2. Dr Philip Thomas on Adolf goes CampingJuly 20, 2023

    Well done. A very rich and vivid piece of creative writing, Mark. Thank you for sharing it. No doubt Frau…

  3. Hugh Grear on Adolf goes CampingJuly 17, 2023

    Thanks Bruce. I get it now! Mark, you are amazing!

  4. Evan on Adolf goes CampingJuly 10, 2023

    Brilliant imagery and well put, Mark. It's quite a rabbit hole!

  5. Mike Burkett on Adolf goes CampingJuly 10, 2023

    Great article Rocky...loving your eloquence and ninja skills to dismantle hollow worldviews.

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