Back in early 2025, there was a heated debate amongst reformed evangelicals. Some were quick to insist that not only our thoughts, words and actions but the very root desire and temptation itself were sin. Not only that but they were confident that anyone who disagreed was in, or at least in real danger of… Continue reading Desire and Temptation
Category: ethics
Reform’s Detention centres proposal is nonsense .. intentionally so
You may have seen the proposal by Reform UK to put asylum centres in Green voting constituencies. There has been outrage at this but it is worth remembering before you join in that this is their intention. Why is it nonsense? However, I suspect Nigel Farage knows this. His aim is likely to be two-fold… Continue reading Reform’s Detention centres proposal is nonsense .. intentionally so
Zac Polanski, The Green Party and antisemitism
Go back just under ten years and people were gradually beginning to raise concerns about the emergence of antisemitism in the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn. A number of Jewish MPs began to talk about their negative experience of what they considered to be racist and bullying behaviour. A number of defences were mounted at… Continue reading Zac Polanski, The Green Party and antisemitism
Discrimination and Christians in politics
I don’t know if you picked up on this news story, it doesn’t seem to have received much attention from Christian commentators. It involves David Campanale, a former Liberal Democrat candidate who has won a case against the party for discrimination. It seems that Campanale was specifically discriminated against because of his position on issues… Continue reading Discrimination and Christians in politics
On cultures that create space for racism and antisemitism
I remember last summer and autumn talking to friends about the impact of the Raising the Colours movement, some of the statements made in debate by Charlie Kirk and the Unite the Kingdom marches. One of the main things that came across was that not only did those words and actions create an environment of… Continue reading On cultures that create space for racism and antisemitism
Can Christians be interested in geopolitics as well as the Gospel? Responding to Paul Blackham’s Evangelicals Now article
Paul Blackham writes in May’s Evangelicals Now: “What do we fear enough to talk to strangers about? Our spiritual mandate is to Seek FIRST God’s Kingdom. We must be obsessed with the business of heaven – because only then will the business of earth fall into the right perspective.”[1] I agree whole heartedly with this… Continue reading Can Christians be interested in geopolitics as well as the Gospel? Responding to Paul Blackham’s Evangelicals Now article
Are we united by hate?
Ben Merkle of New St Andrew’s College recently preached at the church where Pete Hegseth, US Secretary for War, attends in Washington. He said that Christians are united by love but we are also united by hate because what we love matters. We are for some things but against others, we are meant to love… Continue reading Are we united by hate?
Peter Mandelson: What else we know – an update
The Cabinet Secretary Cat Little has now given evidence to the Foreign Affairs committee. It’s worth updating on what else we now know First of all, Little has acknowledged that Olly Robbins was correct in terms of due process. The expected process was that security vetting paperwork would not be shared outside of the vetting… Continue reading Peter Mandelson: What else we know – an update
Why we should care about the Peter Mandelson scandal
In this post we are going to think about why we as Christians and churches should be concerned about what has been happening in the controversy surrounding Peter Mandelson’s appointment at the ambassador to the US, his dismissal and the subsequent fall out. First of all, it’s worth saying that there are ways in which… Continue reading Why we should care about the Peter Mandelson scandal
Peter Mandelson, Keir Starmer and Olly Robbins: What we now know and what we can start to learn from this
I’m still following the Peter Mandelson vetting case. I suspect that as we move into committee hearings and debates about process that we have moved beyond where most people’s interest in the subject lies, beyond political anoraks. However, I still think that there is benefit to us pursuing the case a bit further. There are… Continue reading Peter Mandelson, Keir Starmer and Olly Robbins: What we now know and what we can start to learn from this
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