Some Christians have been quite exercised over King Charles’ State Visit to the Vatican where he prayed with the Pope. Here is my response.
Tag: Public Theology
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 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?
Finding the language to challenge political idols
One of the things I’ve noticed about Christian responses to flags appearing on lamposts, protests outside asylum hostels and the big Unite the Kingdom rally is that there has been a struggle to find out voice and get to the heart of what the issue is. There has been criticism of divisive and intimidating words… Continue reading Finding the language to challenge political idols
Reaching the right? What we are missing and a better way
One of the things that has concerned me this past few weeks is the confusion about how we reach people with the Gospel whose political views are labelled “right wing” or more precisely “far right”. There seems to be a take that you have got to go along with the political views expressed. I think… Continue reading Reaching the right? What we are missing and a better way
Angela Rayner and a politician’s fall
On Friday, Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister resigned. The previous week, the Daily Telegraph had started investigating her purchase of a new home in Brighton. Rayner had divorced her husband but for the sake of her family both parties had continued to use the family home. However, Rayner had now purchased a property in… Continue reading Angela Rayner and a politician’s fall
Are we failing to evangelise The Right ?
Aaron Edwards writes here about Evangelical attitudes to right wing politics and those on the political right. I have some sympathy in terms of the issue of attitudes. I grew up in Bradford in a solidly working class, staunchly Labour area. I ended up Conservative, partly as an act of rebellion! I joined the Conservative… Continue reading Are we failing to evangelise The Right ?
One step forward, two steps back: Keir Starmer’s proposals on immigration
Keir Starmer has made a significant contribution to the debate on immigration and introduced the government’s proposals for reducing net migration. He has insisted that implementing a cap on migration is unhelpful, I agree with him on that. He is quoted as warning that we risk “becoming a nation of strangers” without tighter rules and… Continue reading One step forward, two steps back: Keir Starmer’s proposals on immigration
Is home schooling default?
When I was at theological college, a few people seemed to have got really caught up in something that I found a little bewildering and surprising. They had decided that they should either home school their children or send them to a Christian school. You also got the sense that this was not a personal… Continue reading Is home schooling default?
If Donald Trump has called the most important issue facing the World wrongly then where does that leave his Evangelical supporters?
Donald Trump seems committed to a “peace plan” for Ukraine which essentially involves Russia getting to keep much of the territory Putin’s aggression since 2014 has acquired, including Crimea. Charles Moore writes helpfully here about how this proposal compares and is in fact worse than the appeasement deal that Neville Chamberlain signed with Hitler at… Continue reading If Donald Trump has called the most important issue facing the World wrongly then where does that leave his Evangelical supporters?
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