A comic summary of 2 Kings by Reuben (10), drawn for our Reading the Bible Together plan at church "The message is clear: Never Underestimate God."

Every so often, I remember that for my 9th birthday, I was given a cassette of "Children's Party Time Favourites", where the 8th track on side two is "Gangsta's Paradise", and I wonder if other children had very different kinds of parties

This week on Murder at the Manse, we’ve reached 1917 in my goal of reading one crime novel for every year of the 20th century, with mysteries involving a banker, a postmaster and an abbot: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/a-banker-a...

It was a really emotional day at the National Eye Drops Convention yesterday. Not a dry eye in the house

It was a really emotional day at the National Eye Drops Convention yesterday. Not a dry eye in the house

“They may have their microscopes and their post-mortems—he has his knowledge of the people concerned, ordinary human knowledge, which is sometimes worth all their scientific theories put together.” Today on Murder at the Manse, 28 stories in 246 pages: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/murder-in-...

“They may have their microscopes and their post-mortems—he has his knowledge of the people concerned, ordinary human knowledge, which is sometimes worth all their scientific theories put together.” Today on Murder at the Manse, 28 stories in 246 pages: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/murder-in-...

You don't mess with Austrian nuns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week on Murder at the Manse, I’m sharing my list of favourite 1920s mysteries. What do you think of my choices? What would be on your list? murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/a-1920s-to...

This week on Murder at the Manse, I’m sharing my list of favourite 1920s mysteries. What do you think of my choices? What would be on your list? murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/a-1920s-to...

Dale Ralph Davis, on the danger of allegorising:

So, what new songs about Jesus have you been enjoying recently?

Yes, we did sing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" at our church members' meeting this afternoon

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. - William Cowper

Great celebrations on that final day When out of the heavens You come. Darkness will vanish, all sorrow will end, And rulers will bow at Your throne. Our great commission complete, Then face to face we shall meet

This weekend is the 5th anniversary of the Litchard Mission livestream! We still broadcast our services live every Sunday at 11am, and you're still welcome to join us: YouTube.com/litchardmission

A man is so committed to rescuing something lost that he digs through piles of rubbish to find it. Remind you of anyone?

HIVEMIND I'm looking for UK evangelical churches that have preached through the whole of 2 Kings where all the sermons are available in some form online This is for a list of recommended resources for our church. Thanks in advance!

It’s the one-year anniversary of Murder At The Manse! To celebrate, today I’m sharing my “Origin Story” - how I fell in love with vintage crime fiction: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/origin-story

This week on Murder at the Manse, I've written the first ever (I think) online review for the 1948 book “Murder in the First Person” by Shipley Adams open.substack.com/pub/murderat...

PREACHERS! Have you preached through the Sermon on the Mount? I'd be interested to know your breakdown, and how many messages you did. (Part of me is tempted to have a Sunday where I just read the Sermon in full and then announce the final hymn)

Our family memory verse for the week 🍞🍷

One year ago today:

Holiday time = reading time. Here are two of the books I read on my non-work week last week: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/from-the-a...

Holiday time = reading time. Here are two of the books I read on my non-work week last week: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/from-the-a...

Things churches should do more often #387: Encourage children to join prayer meetings

Just a quick picture of our family culinary project from Saturday:

Today on Murder at the Manse, we explore some of the correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers, including her advice on the correct way to pick up a snake: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/letters-fr...

When you have to quickly finish your tub of sweets so you have a container for blackberrying

Today on Murder at the Manse, we explore some of the correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers, including her advice on the correct way to pick up a snake: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/letters-fr...

Out blackberrying this afternoon. Our children have started imposing a 50% Blackberry Tax on anything Hannah and I collect, which doesn't seem entirely just.

“There is one chink in the chain-armour of civilised communities. Society is conducted on the assumption that murder will not be committed.” - The Spectator, 28 May 1910

We’ve reached 1914 in my journey of reading one crime novel for each year of the 20th century! Here are the three most recent reads: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/fact-meets...

FINALLY the UK has some kind of age verification for online pornography. There are obvious issues with implementation, but I'm hopeful this will be one step towards a healthier online environment for both children and adults www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"To be perfectly honest, I don’t know what the correct interpretation is, and no one else does either." - Sam Storms, in his Revelation commentary

"To be perfectly honest, I don’t know what the correct interpretation is, and no one else does either." - Sam Storms, in his Revelation commentary

Things that beat a Jet2 holiday: - Pardon for sin - A peace that endureth - The Lord's own dear presence to cheer and to guide - Strength for today - Bright hope for tomorrow - Blessings all mine and ten thousand beside

Things that beat a Jet2 holiday: - Pardon for sin - A peace that endureth - The Lord's own dear presence to cheer and to guide - Strength for today - Bright hope for tomorrow - Blessings all mine and ten thousand beside

In case you missed it, I did my first jigsaw review at the weekend...

A special non-book edition of Murder at the Manse this week, as I review a German jigsaw: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/a-christie...

Preachers, before you use that Coldplay Jumbotron Incident as a sermon illustration, remember that real living people are involved. Yes, they've done wrong, but should we add to their global humiliation? If it was one of your sins that was caught on camera, how would you feel?

No idea what this 1936 book is about, but what a great title

No idea what this 1936 book is about, but what a great title

Our children got their end-of-year reports today, so enjoying a special treat to celebrate how excellent their parents are

Only 19 more years to go until I become Litchard Mission's longest-serving pastor!

"Yahweh is Lord of the last day but also of every day. He will bring the consummation of his kingdom at the last, but he will not forget you in the third week of September." - Dale Ralph Davis

Only 19 more years to go until I become Litchard Mission's longest-serving pastor!

Day off school, so introducing the children to this classic:

A sleuth with a bandit's moustache, and several people who may or may not be murderers. Here's this week’s instalment of Murder at the Manse: murderatthemanse.substack.com/p/the-bandit...

"The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds." - Philip Guedalla (1889-1944)