Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Schools need to teach a moral framework, not simply prevent disruptive behaviour Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing about education from a Christian perspective. In my previous post on this subject I looked at how Christianity shapes how we…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! A few lessons from Reaching for the Stars by Nora Waln There has been a growing crescendo over the last few months of people calling Donald Trump a fascist. This is frustrating, yet depressingly predictable: it happened last time Trump was…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! How the Bible impacts the subjects we teach – Science In my previous post, I started to talk about the difference between secular and Christian education, and I talked a little about how that made a difference in science (quoting famous…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…