David Robertson recently blogged about the recent Unite the Kingdom March, or more specifically about the response of some prominent church leaders to it via an open letter in the Times. I wrote privately initially to David sharing my thoughts in response to the article. However, as our correspondence went on, I thought it might… Continue reading Conversations with David Robertson (a.k.a The Wee Flea) about flags, marches, open letters and class
Tag: Christian nationalism
How did ‘pietism’ end up as a dirty word?
If Puritanism has at times become an unfairly maligned “dirty word”, the same can be said of pietism. We frequently are told that there is this thing called pietism which is about individual piety and doesn’t care about society. However check out its roots, check out it’s influence on the Wesleys and the Great Awakening.… Continue reading How did ‘pietism’ end up as a dirty word?
Does Britain have a covenant with God?
In this interview, Christopher Wickland argues that England and indeed the whole United Kingdom has made covenants with God. The result is that if we have abandoned them, we are now under the curses of Deuteronomy. There has been a particular focus on the curse of a foreign people from far off coming to take… Continue reading Does Britain have a covenant with God?
The invasion we need to guard against
I’ve talked a little bit here about how the language of “invasion” is being used to describe asylum seekers and immigrants. Christian Nationalism puts the focus on nation states and ethno-cultural groups and says that these are the things that need to be protected. Once again, they miss what Scripture actually tells us. In Acts… Continue reading The invasion we need to guard against
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
The King and the Pope
Some Christians have been quite exercised over King Charles’ State Visit to the Vatican where he prayed with the Pope. Here is my response.
Dreams about war -what they do and don’t mean
Christopher Wickland who identifies as one of the so called “patriot pastors” linked to Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom protest shared this claimed prophecy on Facebook today. I want to respond here for two reasons, first of all because I myself had a dream recently that seemed to touch on the same issue of “war”… Continue reading Dreams about war -what they do and don’t mean
Before you start citing Enoch Powell please actually read his “Rivers of blood” speech
One of the rules of political debate on social media is that at some point, someone is going to mention Adolph Hitler. However, there is an even more specific rule, specific to the UK and to debate about immigration and multiculturalism. It’s that at some point, someone will announce that Enoch Powell was right and… Continue reading Before you start citing Enoch Powell please actually read his “Rivers of blood” speech
Why do I call ethno-cultural nationalism “idolatry”
I’ve stated previously that what we are terming “ethno-cultural nationalism” is idolatry, that it presents us with a false god and a false gospel. This is perhaps where I’ve had most push back and where I think other Christians, even those criticising marches and demos have been reluctant to tread. I’ve reflected in recent days,… Continue reading Why do I call ethno-cultural nationalism “idolatry”
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?
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