One of the strange things about the last 18 months is how safety has become the clinching argument for just about any course of action relating to covid. It’s all in the name of safety… but is there something deeper going on?
Category: Christian
Anything I write about the Christian faith.
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Diagnosing problems with the church – Revelation ch. 3
A lot of people have been asking where the church has been over the last 18 months. In this video looking at the final three letters from Revelation ch 3, we see what Jesus has to say to the church today.
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Would Jesus wear a mask?
A few days ago Tim Farron wrote an article arguing that the Christ-like thing to do is to continue wearing a mask after July 19th. Here I explain why I disagree.
Tim Farron’s article is here.
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What would Jesus say to the church right now? (Pt 1) – Revelation 2
What would Jesus have to say to churches today about everything that’s going on? Revelation chapters 2 and 3 contain seven letters to the churches, which give us a real insight into what he has to say to us today.
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Revelation 1:4-20 – Who’s in charge?
In this video we look at the rest of Revelation chapter 1. What does it teach us about who’s really in charge in the world, and how we should respond to the current circumstances? And what does it say about the way the church has responded to lockdown?
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Why has the church not engaged theologically with lockdown?
Over the last 15 months, a lot of churches have not really engaged with what’s been happening with the lockdowns. Perhaps it has been seen as divisive, or a distraction from preaching the gospel. But does not the gospel have something to say about lockdowns, and shouldn’t the church be speaking about it?
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Live not by lies – an essay for our times
Solzhenitsyn wrote the essay “Live not by lies” in 1974. Although it was written in the context of the Soviet Russia, I believe it still speaks to us today. The truth is what sets us free.
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Do not fear authoritarian rulers
The last year has been a year of fear in many ways: for some, fear of covid. For others, fear of the authoritarian way our government has responded. It’s easy to feel scared and worried when we feel powerless against what is happening. But the Bible counsels us not to be scared despite what is happening.
The image I used for the cover is ‘Nebuchadnezzar’ by William Blake and is his illustration of the passage I quote from.
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Lockdown has turned us back to superstition
We are often told that restrictions are necessary in order due to worrying variants etc. But is that really “following the science”? I think the lockdowns have rather turned us back towards a dark age of superstition.
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