This issue became controversial following the death of George Floyd and the resulting #BlackLivesMatter protests. Quite a few churches sought to take the issue of racism and prejudice seriously with pastors publicly repenting from sin. Significant thought leaders such as Tim Keller had been arguing for some time that racism is a gospel issue. Whilst,… Continue reading Is Racism a Gospel issue?
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A Biblical Theology of Race
From one man In Acts 17:26, Paul, speaking to the philosophers of Athens says about God. “From one man[f] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.” . A Biblical Theology of race must start with the truth that there is… Continue reading A Biblical Theology of Race
Antisemitism, The Guardian, The Spectator and Editorial Standards
Last week, the chairman of the BBC resigned. The Guardian’s Martin Rowson chose to depict this with a cartoon showing Boris Johnson sat on a pile of money with Richard Sharp walking away holding a box. Now, there is nothing unusual about those bare details. It’s usual to depict someone leaving their job, especially if… Continue reading Antisemitism, The Guardian, The Spectator and Editorial Standards
On Jews counting -another look at the problem of antisemitism in British politics
I wanted to revisit the issue of antisemitism here in the UK. I wrote a little bit more about this recently in the light of the Stephen Sizer case and this article builds a little on this one which looked at how someone who would not consider themselves, nor be considered by others as hating… Continue reading On Jews counting -another look at the problem of antisemitism in British politics
Should the church care about social justice?
This is one of those issues that seem to split the evangelical world down the middle. On the one hand, you can find many church websites, supported by blogs and books arguing that we should be passionate about “social justice”. On the other hand, there are plenty of books, blogs and twitter threads arguing that… Continue reading Should the church care about social justice?
But they are not a racist
I want to come back to one of the points I made when looking at the Tribunal ruling on Stephen Sizer. In previous articles I wrote that I thought it was unhelpful for the panel to engage in an attempt to assess whether Sizer was by nature antisemitic. I argued that they would have done… Continue reading But they are not a racist
Reviewing the Stephen Sizer Church Disciplinary Measure Tribunal
Here’s a little further commentary on the Stephen Sizer case with the intent of helping us think about how we best get to the heart of issues. In my initial article, I suggested that those seeking to draw attention to antisemitism with regards to Stephen Sizer seem to have taken a bit of a scatter… Continue reading Reviewing the Stephen Sizer Church Disciplinary Measure Tribunal
Racial Segregation has no place whatsoever in Christ’s Church
One of the most sickening and illuminating sections in Stephen Wolfe’s apology for nationalism was not so much what he said about the nation state but this quote on the church. Indeed, civil fellowship is what makes strong church fellowship possible, because people do not lose their particularity when they pass through the doors of… Continue reading Racial Segregation has no place whatsoever in Christ’s Church
The Case for Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe- a review
I wrote earlier this week about Christian Nationalism and as promised here is a review of the most prominent book making the argument for it. Wolfe’s case can be summarised as follows. Wolfe defines Christian Nationalism as follows: Christian nationalism is nationalism modified by Christianity. My definition of Christian nationalism is a Christianized form… Continue reading The Case for Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe- a review
Christian Nationalism, Thomas Achord and the disturbing tale of an anonymous twitter account
The other day, I introduced the concept of Christian Nationalism and explained why it is such a dangerous idea. I’m currently working on a review of Stephen Wolfe’s book “A defence of Christian Nationalism.” In the process of this, I picked up on some further controversy which further highlights the dangerous and murky waters we… Continue reading Christian Nationalism, Thomas Achord and the disturbing tale of an anonymous twitter account
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