Being a Disciple of Christ: Christianity as a Complete Way of Life
It is an often-repeated trope amongst Muslims in particular, and amongst some Progressives, that Christianity is a spent force; or not a serious religion. Part of this critique is that the Christian treats their faith as a 'part' of their life, rather than the whole...
The Case for Keeping the Nativity Fast and a Real Christmas!
I did a recent survey on my Youtube Channel, conducting a non-scientific straw poll asking whether people planned to keep the Nativity fast. Four hundred people have responded so far of which 61% had never heard that fasting before Christmas was a thing. Only 18% said...
Liberal Plurality an example of the conflict between Liberal and objective Christian values
Liberal society celebrates and views plurality as an objective value - that should be an ordering axiom of society. We Christians are living in that world; and some Christians; unconsciously or consciously imbibed that belief system. However, have you ever stopped to...
An Open letter to Christian artists! Join the culture war – be soldiers for Christ! Your art is a weapon – use it!
It is often said, and I believe to be true, that a picture can speak a thousand words; anyone who has ever read Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - will know the great lengths he went to in his attempt to describe the lush textures and the feel of the world he was trying to...
Discourse on the Epicurean Religion of Our Age and the Christian Response!
Christians in the west, like it or not, live in a post-Christian age. We are like the 'son' in the famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, about to "...bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools or watch the things you gave your life to,...
Four Ingredients for a Growing Religious Movement: Christians, Take Note; We Can Turn This Around!
This article builds on the last (see my previous blog) as it's worth sitting on this topic and allowing it to resonate at a deeper level. It is a timely point, as well, as we in the UK are going to be in for a big shock when the results of the last national census are...
The Problems are Sociological – the Solutions are Sociological, Also!
It is doubtful that any Western/Latin Christian is going to deny that our little part of the world is seeing the Church slowly erode. Much clamour is made about the bad, or at least the lack of good, teaching in the Church as the cause of the problem. Certainly, this...
Reaching Men: The Missing Demographic and a Masculine Spirituality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me_wTLmr3bQ Where are all the men? More importantly - why are they not interested in Christianity? The stats, brothers and sisters, speak for themselves. Across all denominations a recent YouGov poll of 7k adults showed that only 4.4%...
How do we Take Back Christian Institutions; How do we Take Back the Church of England?
We have written in passing about the "shepherding heights" of education, religion, family, business, government/military/policing, arts/entertainment, and media. What I mean by this phrase 'shepherding heights' is that from these positions of power, influence, and...
If You’re Going to have a “Club” Church – Make it a Good One!
Certainly, within my lifetime, I will not see the end of "club" churches. While they are adding to the collapse of Christianity in the West - primarily because most "club" churches are just awful, I am confident that their days are numbered. So, I thought I would...
