Dear reader, you will know I am sure that I am an ecumenical Christian; which means that I navigate the differences between Christians, much like a surveyor navigates a landscape, I see high and low views everywhere; I envision the truth claims of the Christian faith...
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What Good Street Evangelism Looks Like!
Naturally, as someone who is a paid evangelist, I've developed opinions about the issue of evangelism; many opinions! I am going to lay them out for your consideration today. Evangelism is a real concern for the Christian as it naturally follows from Christ's command...
Why Charles Should Not Take the Oath to ‘Defend the Faith’; and Why Monarchy Should be Separated From the Church of England
Taking an oath is a serious thing - and on the 6th of May King Charles will take oaths before GOD in a holy church during a mass and publicly that he can not possibly keep, and this is a problem. Let us first look at what Charles wants to say: in 2015, in an...
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...