@ASChalmers

Christian, Pastor of Ferniehill Evangelical Church, author, blogger, broken man but made whole through Christ. All opinions my own :) https://xitter.cf/t.co/sTAK24cU8Q

 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Joined February 2017
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The day has come, my book with @10ofthose is now in the world! @goodreads have verified me as an author and my book is making its way into people's hands. Not yours? Get a copy here and don't miss out ;) 10ofthose.com/uk/products/29…
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The Happiness We Were Made For @crossway @thinktheology achalmersblog.com/2026/10/20…

The Happiness We Were Made For

Everybody wants to be happy. We spend our lives pursuing it. We look for it in relationships, careers, possessions, achievements, and experiences. We convince ourselves that if we could just change…

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The Happiness We Were Made For @crossway @thinktheology achalmersblog.com/2026/10/20…

The Happiness We Were Made For

Everybody wants to be happy. We spend our lives pursuing it. We look for it in relationships, careers, possessions, achievements, and experiences. We convince ourselves that if we could just change…

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Is Britain Really Experiencing a Christian Revival? And What If It Isn't? achalmersblog.com/2026/10/16…

Is Britain Really Experiencing a Christian Revival? And What If It Isn’t?

For a while, the headlines were wonderfully encouraging. Christianity was making a comeback. Young people were returning to church. After decades of decline, Britain was apparently experiencing a q…

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Is Britain Really Experiencing a Christian Revival? And What If It Isn't? achalmersblog.com/2026/10/16…

Is Britain Really Experiencing a Christian Revival? And What If It Isn’t?

For a while, the headlines were wonderfully encouraging. Christianity was making a comeback. Young people were returning to church. After decades of decline, Britain was apparently experiencing a q…

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Stop Trying to Discover Your Spiritual Gift. Start Serving the Church. achalmersblog.com/2026/10/09…

Stop Trying to Discover Your Spiritual Gift. Start Serving the Church.

Somewhere along the way, we’ve managed to turn spiritual gifts into something they’re not supposed to be. What God intended for the building up of his church, we’ve turned into an exercise in self-…

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Stop Trying to Discover Your Spiritual Gift. Start Serving the Church. achalmersblog.com/2026/10/09…

Stop Trying to Discover Your Spiritual Gift. Start Serving the Church.

Somewhere along the way, we’ve managed to turn spiritual gifts into something they’re not supposed to be. What God intended for the building up of his church, we’ve turned into an exercise in self-…

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Adam Thomas@AdamMerrivaleOct 7
I've just seen a video recommending preachers use AI to generate sermon outlines Please don't do this AI does not care about Jesus AI does not care about your church AI does not care about truth AI does not care about God's word AI does not care about the fruit of the Spirit
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Don’t Just Explain the Text: Why Preachers Must Apply It Specifically achalmersblog.com/2026/10/01…

Don’t Just Explain the Text: Why Preachers Must Apply It Specifically

There is a sentence that can sound wonderfully spiritual at the end of a sermon “Now go and apply this to your life.” The problem is that it may mean almost nothing. A congregation can hear thirty …

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Don’t Just Explain the Text: Why Preachers Must Apply It Specifically achalmersblog.com/2026/10/01…

Don’t Just Explain the Text: Why Preachers Must Apply It Specifically

There is a sentence that can sound wonderfully spiritual at the end of a sermon “Now go and apply this to your life.” The problem is that it may mean almost nothing. A congregation can hear thirty …

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@christianityonxSep 23
Replying to @christianityonx @ASChalmers
From this article on his blog achalmersblog.com/2026/09/10…

Should Christians Eat Halal Meat? What 1 Corinthians Teaches Us About Food, Freedom and Conscience

Can Christians eat halal meat? It sounds like a fairly modern question. Walk into a supermarket, order food from a takeaway, or eat in certain restaurants in Britain and you may discover that the m…

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@christianityonxSep 23
Christian freedom is not the freedom to become obsessed with ourselves, it is freedom from ourselves. So the mature Christian does not walk through life asking, “How much can I get away with?” He asks, “How can I use my freedom to serve?” Alistair Chalmers @ASChalmers
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@EvangelicalsNowSep 21
"Increasingly, we are not simply sharing the gospel with people who do not believe it; we are sharing the gospel with people who may distrust Christianity." ✍️ @ASChalmers on why we must not lose heart when evangelising in a sceptical age: e-n.org.uk/features/evangeli…

Evangelism in a sceptical age: Don't lose heart

There was a time when evangelism in Britain often began with a degree of shared understanding. People might not have believed the gospel, but many knew roughly what Christians believed. They had some...

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Over the last few months I’ve been thinking a lot about evangelism as I’ve been doing some work in my local church. Here’s is the result of some of my thoughts… e-n.org.uk/features/evangeli…

Evangelism in a sceptical age: Don't lose heart

There was a time when evangelism in Britain often began with a degree of shared understanding. People might not have believed the gospel, but many knew roughly what Christians believed. They had some...

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Thanks @EvangelicalsNow for publishing this
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Not Old, Not Young, Not Done: Why the Church Needs Christians Who Still Have Plenty Left in the Tank @thegoodbookuk @thegoodbookusa achalmersblog.com/2026/09/15…

Not Old, Not Young, Not Done: Why the Church Needs Christians Who Still Have Plenty Left in the Tank

There is a phrase I have heard more than once in church life “I think it’s time for me to step back and let the younger people do it.” Sometimes that is exactly the right instinct. Churches need ma…

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When Unhealed Illness Brings Shame/ Young Woman, What’s Your Legacy? / Don’t Let AI Steal Your Blessing / Understanding Revelation: Who Are the 144,000? / What We Lose When ‘Getting To Heaven’ Becomes The Goal and more… achalmersblog.com/2026/09/12…
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When Unhealed Illness Brings Shame/ Young Woman, What’s Your Legacy? / Don’t Let AI Steal Your Blessing / Understanding Revelation: Who Are the 144,000? / What We Lose When ‘Getting To Heaven’ Becomes The Goal and more… achalmersblog.com/2026/09/12…
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Should Christians Eat Halal Meat? What 1 Corinthians Teaches Us About Food, Freedom and Conscience achalmersblog.com/2026/09/10…

Should Christians Eat Halal Meat? What 1 Corinthians Teaches Us About Food, Freedom and Conscience

Can Christians eat halal meat? It sounds like a fairly modern question. Walk into a supermarket, order food from a takeaway, or eat in certain restaurants in Britain and you may discover that the m…

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Should Christians Eat Halal Meat? What 1 Corinthians Teaches Us About Food, Freedom and Conscience achalmersblog.com/2026/09/10…

Should Christians Eat Halal Meat? What 1 Corinthians Teaches Us About Food, Freedom and Conscience

Can Christians eat halal meat? It sounds like a fairly modern question. Walk into a supermarket, order food from a takeaway, or eat in certain restaurants in Britain and you may discover that the m…

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@EvangelicalsNowAug 29
"There was a time when much of British public life at least assumed a broadly Christian moral framework... That landscape has changed."🇬🇧 @ASChalmers considers faithfulness in a 'post-Christian' Britain: e-n.org.uk/comment/faithfuln…

Faithfulness in a 'post-Christian' Britain

There was a time when much of British public life at least assumed a broadly Christian moral framework. That did not mean Britain was ever truly a “Christian nation” in the Biblical sense, nor that...

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