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…

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…

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.…

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…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Why I can’t join a church denomination right now In my previous post I looked at the problems with seeing church in institutional terms. In this post I’d like to zero in on the question of church denominations. Denominations have…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! There is nothing more toxic to faith than a hollowed-out institutional church The last few years have revealed and made clear a lot of things which were previously hidden or obscure. One of those things has been that almost everybody…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Are Christians prepared for the reality of what might happen if God shows up? Over the last few years I’ve noticed a great interest in revival. Everyone is talking about it. A lot of Christians have noticed that the Western…

Note: This post was automatically imported from Substack. Please excuse any broken links or images! Lessons from a 20th century British police TV drama One of the things I like about blogging / podcasting is that inspiration often comes from surprising places. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had in mind to write…