Sacred Musings
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Secular vs Christian education
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! The secularist approach to education is destroying education Some years ago, while I was at college, I did a course about public theology (i.e., how the Bible relates to the world at large, rather than personal or moral matters). Everyone taking…
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How education is backwards
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Education is literally the opposite of what it needs to be As I explained in my previous post, I have started to think more seriously about education. As part of my exploration, I’ve started reading a book called Exam Nation by…
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We don't need no education
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! What’s the point of education anyway? Over the last few months I’ve been feeling more and more sympathy with Pink Floyd’s famous song: We don’t need no educationWe don’t need no thought control… Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! Over the…
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Conservative Christian NPCs?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Can Christians be just as thoughtless and reactionary as others? One of the new words I’ve seen coined lately is ‘NPC’, short for ‘Non-Player Character’. It originates in the world of computer gaming: an NPC is a character which is…
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"And still they did not repent…"
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! How long will we keep pointing the finger at everyone else? There’s a verse in the Bible which I find deeply chilling and troubling. It’s not because I disagree with the message, but because it highlights a profound truth about…
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Love does not enable abuse
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! There is a huge gulf between being “nice” and genuine love I am slowly learning that there is a huge difference between being ‘nice’ and genuine love. It involves unlearning a lot of what I thought I knew: when I…
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Do we need 'Zero Islam'?
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Can Islam be compatible with British / Western values? Islam seems to be at the heart of the questions surrounding British identity and immigration. For example, after the Southport stabbing and subsequent riots, Laurence Fox said that we needed ‘Zero…
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The church must stop pandering to 'personal preference'
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! If the church is to survive it must re-learn what it means to put God first. The other day I was watching an interesting interview with Louise Perry and Liz Oldfield. It was an enjoyable conversation, but by the end…
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Democracy itself needs reform
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! We don’t need proportional representation; we need to reboot the concept of democracy itself There’s been a lot of talk recently about how democracy is in decay. A lot of people have recognised that democracy isn’t working as it should.…
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We can't go back to the past
Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! The church needs to cast a positive vision for the future, not try to go back to a time which no longer exists Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to…