About 18 months ago, I ran a session at our church called “Genesis vs Science”. A few people had been asking questions about Genesis and the Bible and how it squared up with questions of science e.g. the Big Bang and evolution. The whole thing was recorded and for a Continue Reading
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The CofE: Should I stay or go?
Should I stay or should I go now?Should I stay or should I go now?If I go there will be troubleAnd if I stay it will be double I’m a member of a Christian group on Facebook where we discuss … Christian stuff. Current events from a Christian perspective, all Continue Reading
Political truth vs Actual truth
I had another one of my epiphanies yesterday. As I was chatting to my wife, something became clear to me which I hadn’t really seen clearly before. That is: there are now two kinds of truth in the world – political truth and actual truth. They’re not the same thing Continue Reading
How do we solve the problem of politics in 2020 and beyond?
I believe politics is in big need of a reboot. I believe much of the Western world (but particularly the US and UK) is suffering. Take, for example, the division in society about issues like Brexit, Covid, Transgender, etc. These have all become highly politicised. You can understand why an 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
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
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