What I want to look at in this piece is the way politicians and the media are talking about risk in relation to the lockdown. We are constantly being told of the risk that covid poses and the need for more lockdown. What is often sidelined or ignored completely is Continue Reading
Another scandal. We desperately need spiritual reformation
What can we learn after yet another prominent Christian leader falls to sexual temptation? Is there a problem in the way we preach the gospel? Here I argue that the church desperately needs another spiritual reformation. The preacher and evangelist Ravi Zacharias died recently. It didn’t take long after his Continue Reading
The Social Dilemma: Why I’m not deleting my Facebook account (yet)
In the last week, I’ve seen two friends announce they watched the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma and are deleting their social media accounts. I understand the sentiment. I’ve thought about deleting my social media accounts on several occasions! But I still haven’t quite been pushed over the edge just Continue Reading
A Christian case for freedom
A case for why Christians should care about freedom and liberty – including free speech. This is a blog which has been brewing for some weeks now. I’m involved in various different formal and informal Christian networks. Over the last few months, I’ve seen a lot of information from Christian Continue Reading
Perhaps Cuties is the wake up call we needed
Is the film ‘Cuties’ a wake up call for our society to recognise that we have a far deeper problem on our hands? Netflix have been accused recently of encouraging paedophilia because of the film Cuties. Cuties features 11-year-old girls dancing / twerking in a sexualised way. (Some people have Continue Reading
How to hide political memes on Facebook
In my opinion, one of the worst things about Facebook is the political memes. Here’s how you hide political memes on Facebook. As I said fairly recently, I think social media is pretty toxic at the moment. One of the reasons I think it’s toxic is that it’s a terrible Continue Reading
Physical Beauty and the Bible
Beauty is something you don’t often hear Christians talking about – at least, not the beauty of the human body. We often talk about the beauty of nature in creation, such as beautiful scenery or the beauty of the universe. But we rarely describe someone as beautiful. Why is that? Continue Reading
Do evangelicals still believe in grace?
A few years ago, many churches celebrated the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation. The cornerstone of the Reformation was the rediscovery of the truth justification by faith alone, that is, we are made right with God solely through faith, by the grace of God. We are not Continue Reading
Why is social media so toxic at the moment?
A lot of people are talking about how social media seems to have become toxic lately. Rachel Riley posted up on Twitter a poll earlier today: I had an interesting discussion the other day on Facebook about how social media has changed the world. It was sparked off by this Continue Reading
Justice must be justice for all
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Proverbs 29:7 I’ve just watched this Triggernometry interview with Dr Ella Hill. She is a medical doctor and a grooming gang survivor. I think it’s a hugely important interview and I wish everyone would watch Continue Reading