Have you ever found yourself stepping in to support someone who has appeared to be the victim only to be rather embarrassed when the facts come out? It’s important to take time to check the facts. Over the last few weeks, the Canadian Truckers’ Convoy have been presented as heroes fighting for freedom. Their protest… Continue reading The Canadian Truckers’ Convoy: Be careful about what/who you advocate for
Category: ethics
The Cost of Living and Poverty
I’ve written a couple of articles about the Cost of Living Crisis and why we should care about it recently. The other day, I saw this comment on twitter retweeting a list of actions that are required if we are to tackle poverty. Well, there is one small problem with the suggestion and that is… Continue reading The Cost of Living and Poverty
Are we about to go to war with Russia?
In last week’s podcast, we talked about the build-up of military tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border. I thought I’d devote a post to talking a bit more about how things might unfold. Of course, the nature of things is very volatile and unpredictable, meaning the chances that this post becomes very quickly out of date… Continue reading Are we about to go to war with Russia?
Does it add up?
The controversy around #PartyGate continues to rumble on. The Metropolitan Police have begun their investigation. Last week, Boris Johnson was reportedly sent a questionnaire by the police. Well, I understand that he likes a quiz. Whilst we await the outcome, people continue to speculate about what the implications will be if the Prime Minister is… Continue reading Does it add up?
The cost of living and the cost of housing
As promised, I’m writing a few more articles about the Cost of Living crisis and so in this next article I talk a little about the cost of housing. You may have seen in the news that TV presenter Kirsty Allsopp has suggested that concerns about housing are overblown. She has argued that getting on… Continue reading The cost of living and the cost of housing
The cost of living crisis and the church
There was an old curse to the effect of “may you live in interesting times.” Well, we’ve certainly been living through interesting times! This is perhaps a shock to the system for millennials. We lived through a period of unparalleled peace, security and prosperity from the 1990ss. Yes, there were terror events including 911 and… Continue reading The cost of living crisis and the church
Biblical womanhood, medieval Christianity and a question about child abandonment
Beth Allision Barr’s “The Making of Biblical Womanhood” became one of the biggest sellers of 2021. You can read my original review here. It also became one of the most controversial books. Barr’s argument is that complementarian understandings of womanhood are a recent/novel imposition, a result of reformed and evangelical desires to promote a patriarchal… Continue reading Biblical womanhood, medieval Christianity and a question about child abandonment
The pandemic elephant in the room. What happened to our reformed theology?
This is a little bit of a lament. I come from the Reformed tradition theologically. We pride ourselves in this tradition on deep theological reflection. This theological reflection is meant to be rooted in detailed exegesis of the text set within two important theological disciplines, Biblical Theology which enables us to see how God’s redemptive… Continue reading The pandemic elephant in the room. What happened to our reformed theology?
Sue Gray’s Report, Party Gate and church culture
We now have the Sue Gray report (or at least a heavily redacted version) available to read giving us a little bit more of an insight into Downing Street life and culture during the pandemic. One question that has come up as we’ve awaited Gray’s findings has been about the rights and wrongs of the… Continue reading Sue Gray’s Report, Party Gate and church culture
Don’t over infer
This week despite natural disasters and rumours of war in other parts of the world, the UK news has continued to be dominated by the Downing Street parties with Sue Gray providing a much truncated version of her report whilst we await the police investigation. A few people have tried to excuse or justify the… Continue reading Don’t over infer
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