Neil Rees

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@insight_collect The sound of silence... Taboos create a context in which opinions are formed and frame unspoken expectations on behaviour and values

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My latest for CBE (Christians for Biblical Equality)

https://t.co/dKtmbYVhEs

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@insight_collect You're right, it makes many uncomfortable, and some see it an inappropriate intromission of secular sociology that can subvert our faithfulness to (supposed) biblical principles

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The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do."

Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World

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"We believed that God's home was the church, that God's people love who they were, and that the world is a barren place full of lost souls in need of all the help they could get. [...]

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My latest for Open Table @opentablelgbt
You're welcome!

https://t.co/g1nbxQdvMr

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My thoughts for the week of prayer for Christian unity on the @opentablelgbt blog

https://t.co/gGVVeVUlq8

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"The UK spends more than anywhere else in Europe subsidising the cost of structural inequality in favour of the rich, according to an analysis of 23 OECD countries."

https://t.co/vWD1MJJl06

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I've a short devotional reflection on my experience here :)

https://t.co/t9BEnI40wU

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I am grateful for what bring involved with Open Table has brought me, as a Christian and a human.

[Open Table Network @opentablelgbt]

IT'S #TrusteesWeek, thanking those making a difference by running charities across the UK. Thanks to our trustees: Alex, Andrew, Anne, Liam, Peter, Neil, Roo, Rose & Sarah.
MEET OUR TEAM: https://t.co/XcqAyQ67Mc
PLUS we have space for three more - Could you be an OTN trustee?

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My reflection on shame and Pride for @opentablelgbt

https://t.co/OZcjYgoMTH

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No surprises here then...
:⁠-⁠(( https://t.co/tlSArmUEBu

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My latest for Mutuality magazine: Becoming a Learning Church- For Women Too (disponible en español y otros idiomas también :⁠-⁠)

https://t.co/Sv1FeikKHe

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This is worth taking the time to read, to hear their voice, and to consider how this invites us to respond. In the words of a friend here, "Observe... Discern... Act". It's only that last bit that makes a difference to others.

[God loves women @God_loves_women]

Guest Post: An open letter to evangelical leaders in the UK

A thread ⬇️ https://t.co/xOT3OjFR2t

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Now that's a really useful sentence to learn...

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@insight_collect @ryanbuesgens Have you ever used Clozemaster? All words are presented in sentences. The free version amounts to about 15 minutes practice a day for me, though I don't know what is available in derija, if anything

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Time and again it is the morally disgusting, the socially reviled, the inexcusable and undeserving, who do not simply receive Christ’s mercy but to whom Christ most naturally gravitates. He is, by his enemies’ testimony, the "friend of sinners".
(Dane Ortlund, Gentle & Lowly)

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My latest for Open Table on the situation facing LGBTQ+ people in Uganda
https://t.co/3QrakzHGiW

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David's latest <3

https://t.co/Yc7JhnhwUA