Aston Villa have announced that no away supporters will be permitted to attend their Europa league game with Israeli team, Maccabi Tel Aviv on the 6th November. The reasons given are that this is the Safety Advisory Group’s decision following advice from the police that they were concerned about potential safety concerns and their ability… Continue reading When antisemitism went to the football (responding to the ban on away supporters for Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv
Category: ethics
Is there really a big problem with what Tommy Robinson says?
On the 13th September, a number of professing Christians, identifying as “Patriot Pastors” joined the Unite the Kingdom rally organised by Tommy Robinson with some participating from the platform. When other Christians have raised concerns about this, we received a lot of push back. Initially we told that these people were simply joining the rally… Continue reading Is there really a big problem with what Tommy Robinson says?
Christian Nationalism the Vlogs
I’ve done some #WalkAndTalk Faithroots Podcasts continuing to respond to both the Unite The Kingdom rally and Christian involvement under the banner of Christian Nationalism TL:DR (or watch), Christian Nationalism is an attempt to stick the label “Christian” onto a false god and a false gospel. It relies on a misunderstanding of the Bible, history… Continue reading Christian Nationalism the Vlogs
Doug Wilson and Christian Nationalism
It’s not that long back that whenever I wrote or spoke about things like Doug Wilson, Federal Vision and Christian Nationalism that I would get the pushback “why are you even talking about them?” In recent weeks the pushback on Christian Nationalism has become “you need to be very careful about what you say about… Continue reading Doug Wilson and Christian Nationalism
Is it a good thing that Papua New Guinea has declared itself a Christian Nation?
Papua New Guinea amended its constitution identifying itself as a Christian nation earlier this year. I’ve recently been asked what I make of this and whether or not I can commend it as a good thing. This is really a concrete example of the hypothetical question “wouldn’t you rather have a nation that is built… Continue reading Is it a good thing that Papua New Guinea has declared itself a Christian Nation?
Doug Wilson and understanding the past to better understand the present
Murray Campbell has written recently about people in Australia beginning to get interested in Doug Wilson. I want to pick up here on one specific thing he says in the article: As a quick aside, the Doug Wilson who was preaching and teaching some useful and valuable ideas a decade ago is quite different from… Continue reading Doug Wilson and understanding the past to better understand the present
Who are the marginalised?
A look at the question of what it means to be marginalised and outcast with particular reference to the recent Unite the Kingdom rally. We look at this in the light of Luke 15.
Is C4M right to insist that religious marriages must be preceded by or include a civil/legal agreement?
The Coalition For Marriage have put forward a proposal requiring there to be a civil ceremony prior to or during a religious ceremony and to forbid religious ceremonies from taking place without the legal bits being in place. Now, I must admit that my first reaction was surprise that the Coalition For Marriage was still… Continue reading Is C4M right to insist that religious marriages must be preceded by or include a civil/legal agreement?
But what is a woman – what is it that you want to identify as?
One striking debate moment in one of Charlie Kirk’s videos was when he asked someone to define what a woman is. The person said, “a woman is someone who identifies as a woman. Kirk rightly pointed out that this wasn’t a definition. You see it still leaves open the question. “But what are they identifying… Continue reading But what is a woman – what is it that you want to identify as?
Please don’t stay silent …one further reflection on that Robert Jenrick comment about Birmingham
I have to admit that I can no longer get too worked up about politicians saying the kinds of things that Robert Jenrick said about Handsworth yesterday. It’s power for the cause for politicians to engage in dog whistle politics. More concerning is that they use the dog whistle approach because they expect it will… Continue reading Please don’t stay silent …one further reflection on that Robert Jenrick comment about Birmingham
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