A commentary on the Epistles of John

Available now on Kindle (digital) and via Amazon (paperback), a short and non-technical commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John. The book is based upon a sermon series preached at https://plfc.org.uk and seeks to approach the biblical text from a reformed perspective – and exegetically faithful in its handling. View the commentary now on Amazon […]

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Fixing `vagrant ssh` on Windows 10 and above

There is a known problem with the interaction of Vagrant and recent versions of Windows where the system (Windows) OpenSSH client is installed (for example: https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/13027 ). Most advice suggests telling Vagrant to use it’s own internally shipped SSH client, but I’ve found that to be buggy (particularly its handling of Ctrl+C). Windows’ own SSH […]

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Can AI write a sermon?

We are now living in an age and society where we may legitimately need to ask the question: “Did that man just preach a sermon written by ChatGPT?” I know this to be the case because – out of sheer curiosity – I myself asked ChatGPT to write me a sermon on a passage of […]

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Dipping my feet into home security

Sadly it seems every day (most certainly correlated to the COVID-19 pandemic) there are more reports of crime in the villages surrounding where I live. Of particular concern for me, dog thefts. A few years ago I was surprised by Mrs H’s interest when I floated the idea of a Ring Doorbell. (I will be […]

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George Floyd, 1973–2020.

Until writing this, I have made no public reflection on the death of George Floyd, the continuing situation in America (and by extension the UK and so forth), or the trending topic of whether black lives matter. Update: It has come to my attention that there is a subtle but crucially distinct difference between stating […]

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