Articles by J John

I had a dream

I had a dream last night. In it I found myself ushered into Number 10 Downing Street, surprisingly as the new Prime Minister.

The 2024 election part 1: Where are we?

While the last British general election was just four and a half years ago, it seems to belong in another historical epoch.

Feet are vital â over an average lifetime we walk between 75,000 and 100,000 miles â and any problem with them seriously affects our life. It's hardly surprising, then, that the Bible makes 162 references to feet in the Old Testament, and 75 in the New Testament

Living in a world that's lost its reason

I was talking to a friend about the challenges that we Christians face today when he said, 'We are swimming against the current â the world has lost its reason.' The phrase struck me and I've been pondering it.

Thriving in times of turbulence

Beyond the noisy buffeting and chilling winds of our day, there are many encouragements. Let me offer you four.

What Christmas means to me

When I sit in an armchair on Christmas Eve and spend time with family and friends, I am aware that having found the meaning of Christmas, I need to guard it.

A farewell to David Pytches

With his passing to glory, the church has lost a great man.

The Great Escape - and the greatest of escapes

Why, though, for all its achievements, has The Great Escape, which barely mentions Christmas, become such a seasonal favourite?

The state of the nation: figures, faith and futures

There can be no disguising the fact that there is a fundamental problem in British Christianity.

Tim Keller: a tribute

Tim had many roles â pastor, theologian, writer â but perhaps the most important was that of evangelist. So here, as an evangelist, I want to comment on a few notable aspects of Tim's remarkable life and ministry in proclaiming the gospel.

George Verwer: a hero of the faith

George Verwer died on Friday 14th April at the age of eighty-four. With his passing the church has lost a man who had an astonishing global influence on the way the church carries out its vital task of sharing the good news of Jesus.

This week at General Synod

Not everything that is planted deserves to come to fruition, and it is precisely the responsibility of bishops, and even archbishops, to do their best to ensure that the fields of the Lord produce a good crop for him.