In my engagement with Robert Gagnon about Christian perspectives on US politics, we had the following interaction. The reason for my response was that Gagnon ‘s question really amounted to an assertion which he was trying to get me to affirm or deny. It felt rather like one of those trick/trap questions intended to skewer… Continue reading Why I don’t tend to answer those “tell me now ‘yes or no’? ” questions
Category: ethics
How are Christians meant to live in a world where Satan rules?
I’m intending to focus in on the specific question about how US Evangelicals should respond to the political situation concerning Donald Trump and the Republican/Democrat parties shortly.[1] However, first of all, it is worth teasing out the theology behind my thinking a little further. This means that we need to think about the nature of… Continue reading How are Christians meant to live in a world where Satan rules?
Desire (the YouTube walk and talks)
I’ve been fleshing out my thoughts on Desire and the affections in a series of video talks. You can now watch them all together here.
How dare I?
I’m planning to come back shortly to the questions raised by Robert Gagnon’s approach to the current political debate in the US. My plan is to address the specific questions about US politics, with a friendly outsider’s perspective. However, before I do, I thought it was worth addressing two other things. First, why should I… Continue reading How dare I?
Why would a British Evangelical want to talk about US politics?
I wanted to address the question “Why am I bothering to comment on US political matters?” Well, I was asked that question, or a version of it by someone. In fact they were concerned not so much about me but a perception that British Christians were too obsessed with internal US matters that weren’t our… Continue reading Why would a British Evangelical want to talk about US politics?
Engaging with Robert Gagnon on Empires, Political parties and Satan
Robert Gagnon has responded to my article on empires and demons where I engaged with his position on the current US political scene. His thesis in his title is: “The Fact That Satan Rules This World Does Not Make All Political Parties Demonic in a Specialized Sense” He opens, responding to my article and a… Continue reading Engaging with Robert Gagnon on Empires, Political parties and Satan
Empires, beasts and demons: A response to Robert Gagnon on the Democrats and Republicans
US Scholar Robert Gagnon has engaged with John Stevens (FIEC) in a facebook post on this issue. He writes: “Yes, John Stevens and Fellow British Evangelicals: There Is Only One Political Party in America That Deserves the Label Satanic (and It’s Not the Republican Party) Robert Gagnon Only just now seeing that John Stevens, National… Continue reading Empires, beasts and demons: A response to Robert Gagnon on the Democrats and Republicans
What was going on in the White House
I’ve been experimenting with a slightly different approach to the faithroots podcast/video side of things. I’ve been putting together some short videos, filmed on my phone whilst I go for a walk. I’m calling it #WalkAndTalk. One of the series I’ve put together starts to look at the recent hoo-ha at the White House between… Continue reading What was going on in the White House
Islamophobia?
I’ve just written about whether we dared to talk about Islam. The context was a comment someone made on social media about whether you might dare to speak about Islam in (places like) Bradford. However, it got me thinking about the question of Islamophobia. This is a term that has grown in currency in recent… Continue reading Islamophobia?
Why the debate about sin, temptation and desire matters
I’ve had four concerns about the debate around temptation, desire and sin (concupiscence). That the debate has been framed in terms of adherence to historic confessional documents and the comments of historical authors rather than by exegesis and exposition of Scripture. That the debate has pretended to be about a wider principle affecting us all… Continue reading Why the debate about sin, temptation and desire matters
