It’s time for one of those Daily Mail stories about how a snowflake generation need trigger warnings. This time, they have Sheffield University’s English Literature department in their sights. Apparently, students are warned about graphic content, violence and sexual violence in Scripture. Christian Concern have leapt in to complain and defend the Bible against such… Continue reading Trigger warning, yes there is violence in the Bible
Category: evangelism and mission
Why is the idea of getting to know and love your Muslim neighbour so controversial
As well as this website, I also have a YouTube Channel. It doesn’t tend to get much traffic and I primarily use it to store and share video training materials to support my primary focus of encouraging and equipping people for urban ministry. Sometimes a video gets a little bit more attention but this particular… Continue reading Why is the idea of getting to know and love your Muslim neighbour so controversial
What happens when we think of immigration as an invasion
One of the most shocking responses to a video I shared on YouTube about learning to love our Muslim neighbours was the one that compared immigrants to the Martians in the War of the Worlds, coming to destroy us. We should be shocked by such dehumanizing language and we should be disturbed at where this… Continue reading What happens when we think of immigration as an invasion
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.
sharing life, sharing Jesus
Over the summer, our church ran a series on Evangelism called “Sharing life, sharing Jesus”. Partly because we could not cover everything we would have liked to in this short series and partly because I thought the materials might be useful to others, here is a set of video talks going over some of the… Continue reading sharing life, sharing Jesus
The sermon I would have preached at the Unite the Kingdom Rally
There’s been some discussion about the wisdom of attending the recent Tommy Robinson rally even if to speak and share the Gospel. I didn’t have an invite to speak and still would not have considered it wise but if given the opportunity and if I had taken it, this is probably what I would have… Continue reading The sermon I would have preached at the Unite the Kingdom Rally
witnessing at work
Sharing Jesus by sharing life together
The dark side of flags and the left behind
I’ve shared a few articles looking at the summer phenomena of St George’s flags appearing on lamposts and being painted on roundabouts and zebra crossings. Recently I picked up on the link between flag protests and class perceptions. There is a tendency in some quarters to sneer at anything seen as associated with working class… Continue reading The dark side of flags and the left behind
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