At the end of last week, President Trump welcomed President Putin to Alaska. This week Vladimir Zelensky heads to the White House joined by a number of European leaders to support him I’ve commented previously that Trump”s apparent willingness to carve up Ukraine, requiring mineral rights for the US whilst other territory is given up… Continue reading Putin’s victories
Category: Opinion
Thought for the Day: Free Speech, Politicians and Xenophobia
Conservative/Reform politicians and the right wing media are in uproar. The BBC has engaged in a bit of censorship. They made a mistake, instead of putting up the usual liberal theologian for Thought for the Day and instead of that person testing listeners to a few harmless platitudes, they only went and got in an… Continue reading Thought for the Day: Free Speech, Politicians and Xenophobia
Pick and mix? Evangelicals and the new Archbishop of Wales
We are still waiting to find out who the new Archbishop of Canterbury will be. In the meantime, the Church of Wales has appointed Cherry Van as its new Archbishop. Van is in openly same sex relationship. She has talked about having to keep her sexuality and relationship secret when serving in the Church of… Continue reading Pick and mix? Evangelicals and the new Archbishop of Wales
What was going on at Oak Hill in the noughties?
In my introductory article about the Federal Vision controversy, I shared some autobiographical detail about my own introduction to the ideas and people. This related to my time at Oak Hill Theological College and was really primarily about setting the scene and showing how I became aware of the issue. However, I’ve been asked a… Continue reading What was going on at Oak Hill in the noughties?
Beyond Criticism? Should we give Christian ventures the benefit of the doubt?
Moody is meant to have said “I much prefer his way of doing Evangelism to their way of not doing it.” It’s a sentiment that I agree with but I wonder if it has been wrongly used at times. Did Moody really mean that Christians are beyond challenge or criticism in their endeavors? You see, this… Continue reading Beyond Criticism? Should we give Christian ventures the benefit of the doubt?
Selden College – the questions are still there
I recently wrote about a new college set up in Oxford that purports to be a Classical Christian College. Now I appreciate that the college are unlikely to pick up on my little blog. However, I was hoping to encourage people to at least ask those questions themselves before getting involved in promoting Selden College. … Continue reading Selden College – the questions are still there
John MacArthur, reformed folk religion and personality cults
Shameful … Why EN need to be wise about what they publish on their letters page
Last month Jason Roach wrote an article for Evsngelicals Now looking at how the Gospel deals with our shame as well.aa our guilt. It was a very helpful article showing how some cultures are more alert to one or the other. The only change I would make is to give more emphasis to the fact… Continue reading Shameful … Why EN need to be wise about what they publish on their letters page
Freedom to shoot your mouth off
We value Freedom of Expresssion/Freedom of Speech. It’s enshrined in our law as part of our human rights. It’s funny that this seems to be one of the few human rights that right wing/libertarian commentators seem to think should be afforded legal protection. Free speech is often presented in terms of the right to deliver… Continue reading Freedom to shoot your mouth off
The Quiet Revival and moral & social reformation
David Robertson, in his article about the so called “Quiet Revival”, includes as a marker of true revival, moral and social reformation. This is one reason for his insistence that what we are currently seeing is not a revival. Now it is worth noting three things. Firsy, that David also argues that this particular phenomenon… Continue reading The Quiet Revival and moral & social reformation
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