Purple: Kingdom of Fools Video 3
When Paul went to Philippi he converted a woman called Lydia, who was involved in the luxury clothing business. But what did the early church think of such things? Why was purple so expensive? And what...
View ArticleSoldier: Kingdom of Fools Video 4
In Acts 10 Peter converts the centurion Cornelius. But would he have been allowed to keep his job? What did the early church think of warfare? The final installment in a series of four videos to...
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Kingdom of Fools Discussion Guide
Just added a whole heap of pages (well 4) containing all the resources to accompany Kingdom of Fools. Chief among these is a free, downloadable discussion guide to accompany all the videos. The guide...
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Ray Bradbury R.I.P.
I first encountered Ray Bradbury when I was fifteen, in a copy of The Illustrated Man which I bought, I think, through some kind of book club arrangement at school. It was nothing like anything I had...
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Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle
Sounds like the Brazilian football team of the 80s, but we’re talking a wall painting in Pompeii. Painted some time before 79 AD (the date when Pompeii had that little run-in with Vesuvius) the...
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Middle East 1860-1880
Retronaut has wonderful photos of the Middle East taken by Félix Bonfils in the late nineteenth century. Below, a fab panorama of Jerusalem. And there are photos of the church of the Holy Sepulchre,...
View ArticleAncient Temple Dating Back to 1100 BC Found in Israel
A team of archaeologists from Tel Aviv University has unearthed ruins of a 3,100-year-old temple at the site of Tel Beth-Shemesh. According to the story, the archaeologists, “This temple complex is...
View ArticleSame scribe responsible for 50 of Dead Sea Scrolls
Israeli paleographer Ada Yardeni has recently identified 50 Dead Sea scrolls found near Qumran in Israel as having been penned by the same scribe. What is more work by the same scribe was also found at...
View ArticleMr & Mrs Page Prepare for a Bracing Dip
On December 8th Claire and I will be going for a swim. Outdoors. In an unheated pool. We’ll be taking part in the OSS December Dip at Parliament Hills Lido. The water temperature will be anything...
View ArticleAnimal Figurines Found in Ancient Israel Temple
Animal Figurines Found in Ancient Israel Temple – Yahoo! News. Interesting find at a place called Tel Motza, not far from Jerusalem – a cache of vessels and figurines inside a 2,750-year-old temple. At...
View ArticleRemains of Revolution?
Monday 15th July is the 9th of Ab in the Jewish calendar, the date on which the Jews mourn the loss of the Temple in the First Jewish revolt. Josephus records how during the revolt many Jews took...
View ArticleGalilean new town and the bathtub of Jesus’ enemies
Two recent discoveries in Israel. In Galilee, researchers from Reading University have discovered the possible site of Dalmanutha, mentioned in the New Testament. Jesus stopped here after the feeding...
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A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity
Accessible, informative, provocative and very, very funny, A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity is a history of the church for the rest of us. Why do Christians believe the things they do? Who...
View ArticleUnlocking the scrolls of Herculaneum
Fascinating story on the BBC website about using infrared light and multi-spectral imaging to read scrolls from Herculaneum. The scrolls were carbonised by the heat from the Vesuvius eruption, but...
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Instant Expert: The Bible
Instant Experts are a series of short, small-format books covering the core religious issues of the day. Each book is designed to give the reader all the essential information they need in an hour’s...
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Instant Expert: Jesus
He never ran a country, led an army, or wrote a book. He lived and died in a geographic backwater. But today two billion people round the world claim to follow him. Yet for someone who has had so great...
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Revelation Road
Heaven, hell, the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and why the end of the world never does turn up when it’s supposed to. If you’re reading this, we’re still alive. The end of the world has not...
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The Dark Night of the Shed
The Dark Night of the Shed is a book about Men, the midlife crisis, spirituality and sheds. There comes a point in life when men realise that things have changed. They have spent years climbing the...
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And Now for My 43rd Point
Dragging preaching, teaching and communication into the 21st century. This book is for everyone who has to stand up and talk to others and those who have to sit and listen. Packed full of creative...
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And Now Let’s Move Into A Time of Nonsense
An examination of the lyrics of worship songs, how they could and should be better, in Nick Page’s trademark humorous style. Have you ever felt frustrated with the words of the worship songs that we...
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