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The Church in a Failed State!

by Bob Soco | May 18, 2023 | Christian Family and Society, Christian Movements and Revival, Christianity, Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Practices and Traditions

Christians, for now, live across the whole of the globe. With tears in my eyes, I fear that this will not be the case before my life ends. Christianity is set to move from a truly global faith to a regional faith, as a world beset with problems and rabid Christophobia...

Christians Need to Create Families and Here is How; Give up the Romantic Model!

by Bob Soco | May 5, 2023 | Christian Family and Society, Christian Movements and Revival, Christianity, Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Practices and Traditions

There is a crisis occurring in the Church, at least as far as I have seen during my lifetime; a crisis that the so-called Church leaders have unsuccessfully addressed. In my estimation, they have had no vision. Harsh words, I know, but please read on. In 2014...

What Good Street Evangelism Looks Like!

by Bob Soco | Feb 3, 2023 | Christianity and Social Issues, Church and Cultural Engagement

Naturally, as someone who is a paid evangelist, I’ve developed opinions about the issue of evangelism; many opinions! I am going to lay them out for your consideration today. Evangelism is a real concern for the Christian as it naturally follows from...

Liberal Plurality an example of the conflict between Liberal and objective Christian values

by Bob Soco | Nov 11, 2022 | Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Life and Engagement

Liberal society celebrates and views plurality as an objective value – that should be an ordering axiom of society. We Christians are living in that world; and some Christians; unconsciously or consciously imbibed that belief system. However, have you ever...

The Postmodern Opportunity for the Church; If We are Brave Enough to Take It!

by Bob Soco | Feb 21, 2022 | Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Life and Engagement

Let us begin by defining the term postmodernity. Clearly, as the word suggests, it is ‘after modernity’ and so its definition is a contrast to what came before. So, before we can see what postmodernity is, we must see clearly what modernity is. It should...

The case for Hallowmass / ‘Halloween’

by Bob Soco | Nov 5, 2021 | Christian Movements and Revival, Christianity and Society, Church and Cultural Engagement, Persecuted Church

So let us just clear up one annoying thing; right from the start – ‘halloween’ – just means Hallows Eve, think Christmas Eve – but the festival is called Hallowmas, not Christmas. So you would never say ‘happy halloween’ just...