Hi everyone. Welcome if you’re new here! This blog contains a mix of written and video content – lately the content has been video / podcast (Sacred Musings) rather than written content, although I will continue to write from time to time.
The strapline here is “making sense of the world from a Christian perspective”, and that’s what I’m trying to do: analysing where we are, how we can understand what’s going on, looking at the Bible. I’ve focussed a lot on the lockdowns lately, but I aim to cover all sorts of things going on. I do touch on issues which many Christians (and people in general) like to avoid, because they are ‘political’ – but I believe it’s important to bring these into the light to talk about them. If you’re interested, I wrote a defence of why I am ‘political’.
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The Sacred Musings podcast
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Why Western foreign policy is a disaster – Podcast 108
It’s no secret that Western foreign policy doesn’t seem to be working very well. The West is in a weaker state than it has been, and it keeps getting worse. What’s going wrong, and what can be done about it? Also available as an audio podcast. Links
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World War Three – Podcast 107
In this podcast we look at World War Three. We start by thinking about Niall Ferguson’s comments about being in a second cold war, the possibility of that turning into a ‘hot war’, and how it seems to be a battle of ideologies. We then look at Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s comments about why she is…
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Whose side should we be on? – Podcast 106
We are constantly being encouraged to take sides: in wars – e.g. Israel / Palestine, Russia / Ukraine – as well as in moral issues such as the Russell Brand affair. But whose side should we take? Is it right for us to take sides? What does the Bible have to say? In this podcast…
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It’s the end of the West as we know it – Podcast 105
In this podcast we think about how the situation in Israel is like a microcosm of the West. We think about Christian Zionism and the relation to the history of the West, and what things might look like for the future. We also look at a few links – see below – and finish with…
Blog posts
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Are you confused by grace? – Intro & 1st Chapter available
I know I haven’t spoken much about it recently, but my book was published back in March and it’s still available. I just realised that I hadn’t made available the introduction and first chapter (as tends to be customary these days). I know that these things are available via Amazon, but not everyone wants to…
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Why Christians should be ‘conspiracy theorists’
Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar… you can’t tell me that’s just a coincidence. When I was growing up, conspiracy theorists had a bad reputation. A conspiracy theorist was someone who usually had too much time on their hands and was obsessed with ‘out-there’ theories about what the shadowy elite pulling the strings were…
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“Is Satan woke?” – podcast interview
I’ve done a few interviews over the last couple of years with Julian from The Mind Renewed podcast. I did an interview last week, which is now available to listen to here. This is the blurb: Strange as it might seem—given that Phill’s ordained, and I’m a Methodist lay preacher—this time we centre our conversation…
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More safeguarding is not the answer
I’ve been thinking a lot about safeguarding recently. If you’re involved in church circles it’s difficult to avoid – not least because church leaders being investigated for safeguarding is becoming a depressingly regular occurrence. The latest leader to fall is Mike Pilavachi, who is the co-founder of Soul Survivor. Commentators keep telling us we need…
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New Book: Confused by Grace
I’ve written a book! It’s a Christian book – here’s the blurb: I’m going to be doing a video about it in the next few days, which you will be able to see on Understand the Bible, but you can buy it now from Amazon (Kindle or paperback editions available).