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Church Practices, Volk Christianity, Islamisation, and Why we Need to Make Christian Culture More Real and Meaningful

by Bob Soco | Feb 18, 2026 | Christian Family and Society, Christianity, Christianity and Society, Church Life and Engagement, Church Practices and Traditions

I’ve set myself a difficult task, I feel, as I want to address several intertwined issues all at once. Firstly, I want to speak about a few church practices, mixed in with aspects of Volk Christianity, that is, corrupt understandings or practices of the faith, and...

Should Christians Still be Divided Over the Five Solas, and What Would a Unified Church Look Like?

by Bob Soco | Jan 26, 2026 | Christian Living and Discipleship, Christianity, Church Practices and Traditions, Uncategorised

In 2017, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York released a joint statement calling for Christians to repent of the deep division, mistrust, and violence of the Reformation, stating that, whilst blessings did come from the Reformation, repentance of its darker parts...

Eviscerating the Church of England for its Stance on the ‘Tommy Robinson’ Carol Service

by Bob Soco | Dec 16, 2025 | Christian Movements and Revival, Christianity, Christianity and Social Issues, Christianity and Society, Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Life and Engagement, Church Practices and Traditions

On December 13th, we saw around 2,000 to 5,000 people gather in central London, about 50 meters from 10 Downing Street, to celebrate Christmas (a little too early for my tastes) through traditional carols and readings, to make a statement that Christ was at the centre...

The Quiet Revival; a Proposed Response

by Rico Smith | Dec 8, 2025 | Christian Movements and Revival, Christianity, Christianity and Society, Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Life and Engagement

I think most readers of this blog will be aware of the quiet revival. If they are not, I suggest they get a hold of the Quiet Revival report, published by the Bible Society and run by YouGov on behalf of the Bible Society. It compares attitudes and Church attendance...

Christian Nationalism and Sly Sky News: Responding to Tom Cheshire

by Bob Soco | Nov 12, 2025 | Christian Movements and Revival, Christianity, Christianity and Social Issues, Church and Cultural Engagement, Politics, Uncategorised

Muscular Christianity has made Sky News and was suitably slammed, maligned, and disregarded by the disreputable news agency; there was a puff piece suitably villainising some of its proponents like his grace Bishop Ceirion Dewar; and attacking it as the sinister...

Monasticism and the Benedict Option: A Synthesis of Genesis and Preservation.

by Bob Soco | Oct 27, 2025 | Christian Family and Society, Christian Living and Discipleship, Christianity, Christianity and Social Issues, Christianity and Society, Church Life and Engagement

Those who have followed my work know that I am a strong believer in the Benedict Option, or at least a revised version of it, as offered by Rob Dreher; a version that is larger, more aggressive, and outward-facing. I am also a big fan of the monastic tradition of the...