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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, 1 weekMarch 15, 2023 ago
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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, 1 monthFebruary 8, 2023 ago
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Eric Cantona and Strange Dreams about the Messiah

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, 2 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, 3 monthsDecember 20, 2022 ago
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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, 4 monthsNovember 18, 2022 ago
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The Gospel According to Hollywood

Hollywood films are great to enjoy over a carton of popcorn. Enjoy but be discerning. They often promote a popular and pervasive form of secular faith. Don’t be mugged by the Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Let me explain. At the beginning of the 2001 movie Legally Blond Elle Woods Read more…

By Mark Roques, 5 monthsOctober 25, 2022 ago
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Expressive Individualism and Genghis Khan

In the past many believed in the Bible and God’s Word. A few still do. Then secularism destroyed this faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Some replaced God with the Nation. Nietzsche proclaimed that God was dead and the elite Supermen (Übermenschen) would take his place. Communists preferred the ‘Working Read more…

By Mark Roques, 6 monthsSeptember 22, 2022 ago
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Zen and the Art of Forest Conservation

Tokusan (780 – 865) was a tough and cantankerous Chinese Zen master. He wielded a menacing bamboo stick. His Zen pedagogy was known as ‘Tokusan’s thirty blows’. Tokusan would say to his disciples: “If you speak rightly I will give you thirty blows. If you speak wrongly, I will also Read more…

By Mark Roques, 7 monthsAugust 15, 2022 ago
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Playlets with Purpose

RealityBites’ lively new theatre-in-education project plans to bring Christian perspectives and a focus on worldviews to GCSE and A-Level Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies students. Building on the rich resources Mark Roques has developed over many years, we aim to take actors and workshop leaders into schools and colleges to Read more…

By Thinking Faith Network, 8 monthsAugust 7, 2022 ago
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How to worship trees today

You might have heard of the expression ‘touch wood’. It is a popular saying in the UK. It is a relic of tree worship that ruled the roost in pagan times. By touching wood we invoke the protection of a tree spirit. It is a pagan ritual. Often unnoticed. This Read more…

By Mark Roques, 8 monthsJuly 18, 2022 ago

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  1. Duncan on Serving God as Cobblers and French TeachersMarch 21, 2023

    Imagination, imagination, imagination. We can ask God to help us use our imaginations in every work place to express his…

  2. kefah maranga on Serving God as Cobblers and French TeachersMarch 16, 2023

    Mark this is fascinating story. You are always making feel challenged to do more of Christ's love through your stories.…

  3. Andrew David Lancaster on Serving God as Cobblers and French TeachersMarch 15, 2023

    I agree, I like the piece very much . I have been in conferences where I have wondered if the…

  4. Hugh on Serving God as Cobblers and French TeachersMarch 15, 2023

    I would like to be the first to say’ “What a load of Cobblers!” or indeed “Quel un chappeau de…

  5. Bruce Wearne on Biblical Critical Theory? Digging into new resources with Good News for the UniversityFebruary 25, 2023

    Thanks Alicia: My question would be this: is there a "dichotomy" presupposed in the concept of diagonalization in Christopher's work…

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