Today’s guest writer is the Revd. Canon J. John. J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69 countries, teaching the Christian faith and addressing over 300,000 people in person each year. His series… Read More ›
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“I just knew that Jesus was there and I had met him” – interviewing Justin Welby
Frequent contributor to this site, Canon J John has been producing a regular series of interviews entitled ‘Facing the Canon’, speaking to well known and influential Christians about their lives and work. These have included Andrew White (the vicar of… Read More ›
Vincent Van Gogh the theologian and missionary
Something a bit different for the weekend from the Revd. Canon J. John… J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69 countries, teaching the Christian faith and addressing over 300,000 people… Read More ›
Lest We Forget: Evil is a reality that the First World War demonstrated all too well
As we head towards the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, the commemoration events are beginning to kick in. On Monday David Cameron launched the Royal British Legion Centenary Campaign by planting poppy seeds with school children…. Read More ›
Christianity is ‘a religion for losers’
Today’s guest writer is the Revd. Canon J. John. J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69 countries, teaching the Christian faith and addressing over 300,000 people in person each year. His series… Read More ›
Addressing the taboo of death: “All of us are dying, some just don’t realise it”
The assisted suicide bill that is slowly progressing through the House of Lords made the headlines again last week. Looking at the coverage it was once again a reminder that part of the reason why there are such polarised views… Read More ›
Discovering the meaning of Lent
Lent is upon us once again and it is good to stop for a moment irrespective of whether we’ve decided to do anything special over the period and reflect on its meaning. It is one of those occasions in the… Read More ›
Valentine’s special: Have we cheapened the essence of love?
Today’s guest writer is the Revd. Canon J. John. J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69 countries, teaching the Christian faith and addressing over 300,000 people in person each year. His series… Read More ›
Putting off the old, putting on the new
Before God and Politics gets back to the usual topical commentary, guest writer, Canon J John provides a thought for the New Year. J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69… Read More ›
Slavery returns: the curse of trafficking
Today’s guest writer is the Revd. Canon J. John. J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69 countries, teaching the Christian faith and addressing over 300,000 people in person each year. His series… Read More ›
Halloween: harmless or harmful? – part 2
There has been a huge amount of interest in Canon J John’s recent guest post on the dangers of Halloween. I am very much in agreement with J John that Halloween is not benign. Even though it is becoming increasingly… Read More ›
Halloween: harmless or harmful?
Today’s guest writer is the Revd. Canon J. John. J John is an internationally recognised Christian speaker and author. He has written over 50 books and spoken in 69 countries, teaching the Christian faith and addressing over 300,000 people in person each… Read More ›
My interview with Wm Paul Young, author of The Shack and Cross Roads
Something non-politics related for a change… Back in 2007 a Canadian Christian self-published a book he had originally written for his family as a Christmas present. His name was Wm Paul Young and the name of the book was The Shack. It went on… Read More ›