Weekly Blog



Someone asked, ‘Do you still preach the Gospel?’

In October 2023, I was invited by Andrew Allen, and the governors of Exeter College, Oxford, to become the Catechist for the College and Chapel. One of my greatest joys in life has been sharing the love I have found in Christ, usually by just loving people, occasionally when invited to preach, teach, educate, inform.…

Love The Sinner. Hate The Sin.

The Persecution of Gay People in Post World War II USA. Part Two of my critique of Simon Ponsonby’s Sermon on ‘Homosexuality.’ Introduction. Already we have had the entirely predictable knee-jerk reactions to Charlie Bell’s, and my own critique of Simon’s sermon. Stephen Foster came out all guns blazing in his following Sunday sermon, shooting…

Blowing the Whistle on Secrecy and Silence.

It’s Oxford University Freshers Fayre this week, Wednesday and Thursday, October 4th and 5th. Let’s be honest, we all know freshers who have come to Oxford, with huge relief, despite the daunting challenge of what is ahead of them, academic pressure, in a city of pride and perfectionism. The relief? Because they are escaping homes,…