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None Greater

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I must admit I wasn’t looking forward to reading “None Greater” by Matthew Barrett.  Simply Trinity had not just left me frustrated and disappointed but angry as well.  You can find out why here and here.  None Greater is a much better offering but the bar was set quite low. Barrett’s book is about what… Continue reading None Greater

Who is responsible? Education, Family, Church and state

This is part two of my look at the question of Christian education and home schooling.  There are some people who chose to home school for practical reasons.  That might be because of practical reasons such as they can’t find a suitable local school, their children don’t find school education works for their needs or… Continue reading Who is responsible? Education, Family, Church and state

Why you shouldn’t treat football as trivial

If you know me, then it won’t have escaped your attention that something significant happened in Bradford at the weekend and I was there for it.  The significant thing was a football game.  It is worth pausing there.   Some of you may be choking on your coffee at the suggestion that there is anything significant… Continue reading Why you shouldn’t treat football as trivial

Will a Quiet Revival result in more than monthly attendance?

I indicated that I intended to engage further with the recent report from the Bible Society on their recent survey indicating an increase in church attendance.  Before I dig into other aspects of the report, I want to reflect further on how much we should make of people starting to attend church at least monthly.… Continue reading Will a Quiet Revival result in more than monthly attendance?

Once more with feeling: A further response to Bill James on empathy

Readers may recall that I responded to an article in Evangelicals Now by Bill James where he talked about “the problem with Empathy”.  Well, James  has offered a brief response in this month’s EN. I am afraid that I was rather disappointed by James’ response.  First of all, he does not really engage with the… Continue reading Once more with feeling: A further response to Bill James on empathy

Is home schooling default?

When I was at theological college, a few people seemed to have got really caught up in something that I found a little bewildering and surprising. They had decided that they should either home school their children or send them to a Christian school.  You also got the sense that this was not a personal… Continue reading Is home schooling default?

Is Empathy a feminist thing?

In the penultimate chapter of “The Sin of Empathy”, Joe Rigney writes: “We can’t adequately address the dangers of empathy without considering feminism and its impact on the church.”[1] He quotes from a speech that Calvin Robinson made in 2024 where he argued that: Generally speaking, men tend to be more theologically rigid, whereas women… Continue reading Is Empathy a feminist thing?

If not empathy, then what’s the real target?

It becomes clear towards the end of his book, that it isn’t really “empathy” that Joe Rigney has got in his sights.  The idea and practice of empathy is really a proxy for his primary target, wokeness. The concept of “wokeness” is an interesting one.  I’ve written previously on Faithroots about it.  The term started… Continue reading If not empathy, then what’s the real target?