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The Laws of Ecology?

It was thanks to a conference called “Laws of Nature, Laws of God?” that I had the invitation to join a project of the International Society for Science and Religion about holistic biology – where I was to bring expertise in the science of ecology.  So Read more

By Richard Gunton, 8 yearsJune 12, 2017 ago
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Sisyphus’ Labour: Remembering Who(se) We Are (a holiday guide)

Richard Vytniorgu is a PhD candidate in English Literature at De Montfort University with Midlands3Cities (AHRC). You can find him at www.richardvytniorgu.com. I’m supposed to be on holiday. And on holiday we (sometimes) relax: we take stock of our lives and Read more

By Faith-in-Scholarship, 9 yearsJune 5, 2017 ago
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Bespoke Evangelism and the Duke of Edinburgh

Gareth Jones, our Thinking Faith Network director and I have recently started talking about bespoke evangelism. Gareth is quite good at this but not as good as me! The heart of bespoke evangelism is to find out what a person Read more

By Mark Roques, 9 yearsJune 2, 2017 ago
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Richard Middleton on God’s glory and his image bearers

Last week, I discussed the first half of a talk Biblical scholar and philosopher Richard Middleton gave for FiSch a few weeks ago. I will pick up where we left off. This week I’ve included quite a few Biblical references, Read more

By Eline van Asperen, 9 yearsMay 29, 2017 ago
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Richard Middleton on the royal human task

A few weeks ago, Biblical scholar and philosopher Richard Middleton visited FiSch as part of a UK tour. This got me very excited, as I’ve read some of his work and found it very helpful, and Anthony and I managed to go Read more

By Eline van Asperen, 9 yearsMay 22, 2017 ago
RealityBites

Fantastic reviews of my new book by a scholar and a vicar

I was incredibly chuffed by these two reviews of my new book. Richard Middleton is a superb Old Testament scholar who is a seminal thinker in both worldview and eschatology. Recently Richard came to the UK and delivered some riveting, Read more

By Mark Roques, 9 yearsMay 17, 2017 ago
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‘Descent into Hell’ and the value of academic work

Does academic work matter? This is a question most academics come up against at some point in their career, and in day to day life: while most of us at least started because we love our subjects, everyday work in Read more

By Alicia Smith, 9 yearsMay 15, 2017 ago
RealityBites

Can evangelism be fun?

Thanks to wordsmith, poet and great friend Rachel Lawrence for this review of The Spy, the Rat and the Bed of Nails. The theme of James Bond that runs throughout this book, provides a universal, cultural reference point which is woven Read more

By Mark Roques, 9 yearsMay 4, 2017 ago
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Conference report: ‘The Bible and Literature’: Skopje, Macedonia

In the week after Easter I had the privilege of travelling to the Republic of Macedonia to take part in a conference on ‘The Bible and Literature’. It was co-hosted by the Macedonian Academy of the Sciences and Arts – Read more

By Alicia Smith, 9 yearsApril 29, 2017 ago
RealityBites

Virtual Lifeworlds and Mission

I was delighted with this excellent and very insightful review of my new book by Australian friend Geoff Beech. We live in an age and culture where belief in the God of the Bible, and knowledge of the Bible, are Read more

By Mark Roques, 9 yearsApril 20, 2017 ago

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  1. t_bowman on The Story of Fred Lemon who met Jesus and Two Angels in PrisonNovember 26, 2025

    Fred Lemon was a diamond geezer. Top banana for digging this one out. Buy that man a beer, guv'nor. Tim

  2. Tim on The Inspiring Story of Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)October 30, 2025

    All prime ministers start with high ideals (alright, most, that’s you I’m thinking of, Keir Starmer) but are then overwhelmed…

  3. Kevin Keefe on The Inspiring Story of Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)October 25, 2025

    Thanks again for another interesting and thought-provoking article. I knew very little about Abraham Kuyper prior to reading this.

  4. Jim Skillen on The Inspiring Story of Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)October 25, 2025

    You've presented a good introduction to Kuyper and his work, Mark. Thank you. I would suggest that you might re-read…

  5. Dave Hopwood on The Inspiring Story of Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)October 24, 2025

    Thanks Mark - what an incredible leader and example. I love the quote about no part of life being beyond…

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