I want to flesh out my thinking a little bit more on something I touched on in my comments on the M&S advert. There I engaged with the question “what were you expecting from an advert?” Was it crass, self-centred commercialism? Well yes of course. The question is whether we should have expected better. Others… Continue reading Common Grace without special grace?
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Remembrance or protest?
I want to deal here with the issue of protest marches taking place this weekend concerning what is happening in Gaza. Since October 7th, it seems that each weekend there have been mass demonstrations on the streets of London and other cities reacting to Israel’s response to the atrocities that happened that day. It’s important… Continue reading Remembrance or protest?
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Faithroots Podcast on Revelation 8-9
Thismas, thatmas and that advert
Have you seen the big Christmas advert yet? Usually at this time of year, the focus is on John Lewis and their budget blowing mini movie advert. However, all eyes this year have been on the M&S advert. The advert creates a number of typically traditional celebratory scenes, however there is a twist, the character… Continue reading Thismas, thatmas and that advert
AI and demons
In his article about AI, Tim Suffield argues that one lens we need to consider when engaging with AI, indeed with anything is the spiritual lens. He points out that something can be more than one thing at the same time, that we shouldn’t therefore over divide between spiritual and physical. I’m with him so… Continue reading AI and demons
Applying Revelation to Israel and Gaza
It’s fascinating that the most read article on Faithroots, even, is the one titled Israel, conflict and end times prophecy. I wonder how many people clicked on the post expecting and perhaps hoping for one of those articles which carefully sets out what how exactly current events are fulfilling Daniel and Revelation. Given that few… Continue reading Applying Revelation to Israel and Gaza
Hearers and doers
So, we are to be slow at speaking and slow to anger, just God is slow to anger and abounding in love and prompt in listening. However, this desire to listen is not meant to be passive. Jesus talked about his followers being “both hearers and doers of his word”, so too does James. A… Continue reading Hearers and doers
Is AI dehumanising?
Tim Suffield thinks so. You can read his reasoning here. Now, the first thing to note is that there is a little bit of the Cretan dilemma with engaging Tim’s post. Remember how Paul quoted the Cretan who said that “all Cretans are liars”. If he was speaking the truth, then all Cretans really were… Continue reading Is AI dehumanising?
Praying in response to an international crisis
In the last few years there have been two horrendous conflicts that have moved the church to prayer, one has been the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the other has been the horrendous atrocity by Hamas on the 7th October followed by Israel’s response into Gaza. How can we pray well in such situations? First,… Continue reading Praying in response to an international crisis
Slow to anger
My mum used to remind me when I was little that I had two ears and only one mouth. The moral of this, she argued, was that I should spend twice as much time listening as talking. A look at the text (Read James 1:19-21) James says that we must be quick when it comes… Continue reading Slow to anger
