simon

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Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation minister
Location Bromley, United Kingdom
Introduction I'm a passionate follower of Jesus. I'm a husband, a dad and grand father. I pastor a church in a London suburb and teach New Testament at Spurgeon's College. I'm the author of nine books, most recently Paul and Poverty (Grove books 2014), The World of the Early Church: A Social History (Lion Hudson 2011), Discovering Galatians (IVP 2007) and Building a Better Body (Authentic 2007) and five other books
Interests theology, music, cinema, fiction, cooking, body boarding
Favorite Movies Donnie Darko, Lord of the Rings, Fargo (well anything by the Coen brothers), Blade Runner, Excalibur, Benny and Joon
Favorite Music Dylan, REM, U2, Fleet Foxes, Editors, Laura Veirs, Potishead, Television, Nick Cave, Yeasayer, Modest Mouse, Gulag Orkestar, Blur, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Last Shadow Puppets
Favorite Books the Bible, Anything by Douglas Coupland, Neuromancer, Jesus and the Victory of God, Dangerous Wonder, Disappointment with God, poetry of Larkin, Eliot and Owen

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

No - i'd find new places to fly to