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The Mirror and the Light part 3
I am now just into Part 5 of The Mirror and the Light, and I should warn, this contains spoilers. I have read hundreds of pages since my last review, and at one point I certainly said to myself, ‘If … Continue reading
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CoVid19 and God
I haven’t got any wise words on this subject – I am just muddling along like the rest of us. There are some things that draw us to prayer, and some things that draw us to the Bible (or to … Continue reading
The Worldview of Fiction
Thinking again about Terry Pratchett, and secular fiction. This is important for me as an English teacher. Is there spiritual value in reading deliberately secular fiction? Or for that matter, secular poetry, or secular drama? Yes, I would argue. There … Continue reading
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Jesus and Harry Potter
Can you read Harry Potter and be a Christian? More importantly, can you read Terry Pratchett and still be a Christian? These questions are perhaps a bit provocative. There will be those who will argue fervently that reading such … Continue reading
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For Added Pleasure
It can come as a great shock to Christians who have walked with Christ for some years to realise that books written hundreds of years ago contain truths that we thought were only discovered recently. It really is true that … Continue reading
