Summary of talk From my men's Frome group With Richard, an RAF Engineer turned preacher A View from the Middle East: Listening Before Speaking I was asked to speak about the Middle East, though I should begin with a note of caution. I am neither an academic nor a trained political analyst. I am, by background, a mechanical engineer who spent thirty years in the Royal Navy and later found himself...
A Recent Testimony from Someone Called to Ministry Early Years: Roots I Didn’t Yet Understand When I look back, I can see beginnings that I didn’t recognise at the time. I grew up in a close and rather sheltered Christian community where church, school and family all overlapped. It was a warm world, mostly kind, sometimes claustrophobic, and full of people who thought in similar ways. I took...
This is a testimony of the Vicar at Holy Trinity Frome at our mens group this evening Thursday 13 Nov 2025 My journey to becoming a vicar has never been straightforward. In many ways, it has meandered its way through places, experiences, and churches that were sometimes joyful, sometimes painful, and often surprising. Looking back, I realise nothing about my story was predictable, but nearly...
One of my favorite reporters on the YouTube scene is Neil Oliver who speaks out fearlessly not so much from the Christian perspective itself but the human perspective and I find his passionate words very perceptive and supportive. This was the video that I came across today ' they are attacking Christians and Christianity'. It's not a long video: 13:24. There were 7,099 views in its first four...
How can we be an effective evangelist? The association with the word and the Christian gospel is very strong. The word evangelist means the bringer of good news and it comes from the Greek euangelion, a compound of two words eu - meaning good, and angelos meaning messenger or angel. When Jesus was on the Earth he commanded his disciples to 'spread the good news'. The methodology used depends on...
https://www.youtube.com/live/lbbaxUC4eSQ So when did you last have an argument? When did you last have a dialogue with people with whom you disagreed? I think that many lessons can be drawn from this YouTube Christian versus Muslim where both are obviously very well informed and are jousting with each other without loss of respect. The first thing that I learn is that you need to back up your...
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