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Welcome to our sparkly new website! I’m Glen, here’s my introduction to Speak Life We want to captivate both church and world with the love of Jesus. We do it…

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Today I’ve been in contact with three different groups, planning our times of mission next year. As we think together about reaching their contexts here are some key truths to…

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In last week’s post – 10 Tips For Planning a Mission Week – I raised a banner for the benefits of concentrated times of outreach. On Facebook someone asked some thoughtful…

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Where’s the turning point in the parable of the two sons? Is it the moment when the young rebel ‘comes to himself’ in the pig-sty? That’s certainly the way the…

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Last week we thought about where we centre our evangelistic preaching. Too often we focus on the pig-sty (to use the example of Luke 15). We basically call rebellious youths…

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What’s your reaction to this photo of Peter Cvjetanovic? Peter Cvjetanovic, a white nationalist, is upset that this photo of him has gone viral. So…

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In my debate with Musharraf Hussein (listen to the audio, read some follow-up reflections here and here) he made the claim repeatedly that Trinity was a late development. He reckoned the…

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In last week’s post I began to reflect on my debate with Musharraf Hussein. I made the point that unitarianism (the belief that God’s one-ness is a mathematical singularity) is not…

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Recently I debated Imam Musharraf Hussein on Justin Brierley’s Unbelievable show. We explored the topic of the Old Testament doctrine of God: Does Moses’s doctrine of God fit Trinity or Tawhid…

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1. God is mission. As Father, Son and Holy Spirit our God is Sender, Sent and Proceeding.  His being is irreducibly bound up in sending – in mission.  He is the out-ward…

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The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the world, as we know it… yields but one ending: death. ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces The…

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20th October 2019 // By Glen Scrivener PART THREE Last week I interviewed Tom Holland about his new book, Dominion, The Making Of The Western Mind. If you haven’t…

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20th October 2019 // By Glen Scrivener PART TWO Last week I interviewed Tom Holland about his new book, Dominion, The Making Of The Western Mind. If you haven’t…

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19th October 2019 // By Glen Scrivener PART ONE Last week I interviewed Tom Holland about his new book, Dominion, The Making Of The Western Mind. If you haven’t…

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8th February 2020 // By Glen Scrivener Can Atheism Deliver A Better World? Recently I took on atheist speaker and YouTuber Matt Dillahunty for the Unbelievable programme. We discussed…