Thinking Christianly about the world
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Hi everyone, welcome to my website! This is a central hub for everything related to me on the internet. I am a church pastor and educator: I lead a house church, and I also create videos to help teach the…
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Website: new look!
I have redesigned my website – which I’m sure the observant among you will notice. (If you are, indeed, reading this on my website). I felt that the previous design had become more than a little stale. Not to mention…
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Is it too late to save the West? – Podcast 113
In this podcast we consider a question which we need to ask: is it too late for the Western world? Have things gone past a point of no return? Christians need not be pessimistic but we need to be realistic…
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Brief Round-up – Podcast 112
It’s been a very busy week for me, so the podcast this week is a brief round-up of news and things I’ve seen over the last week or so. Also available as an audio podcast. Links
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Important financial support update (Jan 2024)
This update will be important for those of you who support me via Stewardship or Buy Me a Coffee. The short version of this post is that I will be closing my Stewardship account and moving to GiveSendGo. I will…
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2024 and the New Reformation – Podcast 111
A special new year podcast looking backwards to the Reformation and seeing if there are any lessons as to what the 2024 Reformation might look like. In particular we think about justification by faith and how we need to recover…
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What is a ‘salvation issue’?
Over the last few weeks I’ve seen a few people talking about the question of what is and is not a “salvation issue”. The presenting issue is sexuality and marriage (yes, again). Jayne Ozanne, who is a vocal supporter of…
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Back to the drawing board: 2024 Manifesto – Podcast 110
This is my manifesto for 2024. Given everything bad that’s happening in the world, what can we do? Can we make a difference, and how? Also available as an audio podcast. Links
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The emptiness of Christmas – Podcast 109
It’s no secret that the secular version of Christmas has been evacuated of any real meaning. But is the version the church is presenting any better? EDIT: due to being removed from YouTube (probably due to reporting on Steve Kirsch’s…
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Interesting links 30/11/23 (in lieu of a podcast!)
Unfortunately I have come down with a nasty cold, I have a headache and am running on very little sleep. So, I have decided that it’s best this week not to put myself through recording it (and you having to…
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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?…