Phill Sacre

Tag: video

  • Have we focussed too much on apologetics?

    Have we focussed too much on apologetics?

    I see a lot of apologetics videos on YouTube, defending Christianity against progressive Christians or atheists etc. By focussing on this kind of content, I think we might be missing something important.

    I decided to try another video post because it seemed to work quite well last time. I’m beginning to find it more natural to express my thoughts in video format these days – but I do apologise for those of you who prefer a written format!

    In this video I wonder whether a lot of Christian channels focus so much on engaging with criticisms of Christianity that we’ve overlooked something important: we need to spend more time simply teaching the Christian faith.

    These are the basic points:

    1. Apologetics content lets the people you’re defending the faith against set the agenda;
    2. Most ordinary people aren’t asking those kind of questions – it’s easy on social media to get the view that everybody feels a certain way when it’s only a handful of very vocal activists;
    3. The best apologetic is teaching a Christian worldview.

    I think we should focus more on catechising, and I wrote a bit about this in my post here: The Lost Art of Catechism.

  • Are men the problem?

    Are men the problem?

    I’ve been thinking a lot about our response to Sarah Everard. One thing which really worries me is the way it pits men and women against one another. For once, I’ve actually tried to do a vlog about this rather than a written post. Over the last few months I’ve begun to feel it’s easier to say something that way. I don’t know whether I’ll try it again – there are pros and cons.

    If it doesn’t work well, I’ll probably never do another one! But I thought I’d see how it goes.

  • New video series: How to grow as a Christian


    I’ve started a new series on my vlog – “How to grow as a Christian”. This was originally an idea for a lent course, but I thought it would work well on the vlog as well.