
A Christian critique of the Humanist Manifesto!
There are seventeen articles to the second edition of the Humanist manifesto published in 1973; and it embodies in a hard form; what is the default 'religion' of the western world; a more modern version published in 2003; which are the results (with the first) of...

Extended Commentary on Ephesians 6:10-20
You may have noticed here in my blogs that I speak often about conflict, confrontation, the cultural battle, and the need for a more muscular Christianity. Invariably, when the themes of 'struggle' are raised in Christian circles, many quickly reference a particular...

Muscular Christianity and the Christians of Iraq and Syria!
I am writing to my brothers and sister in the following communions: The Assyrian Church of the East; Chaldean Catholic Church; Syriac Orthodox Church; Ancient Church of the East; Syriac Catholic Church; Assyrian Pentecostal Church; and by extension; I offer this...

Make Cathedrals a Centre of Mission, Not a Tourist Centre!
Brothers and sisters, if you agree with this strategy, then please do share it with a Bishop that you think needs to hear it. I want to address in this article how our beautiful cathedrals are being used by their custodians; the Bishops, and Arch - Deacons and others...

Why Christians Should Boycott Halal Meat (and Other anti-Christian Businesses) and Set Up Their Own Alternative
In Saint Patrick's Square, Soho, there is a Hindu Temple; a Krishna Consciousness temple, if I am not mistaken. On the ground floor of this temple complex is a vegan restaurant. I want you to imagine, as we are walking past it, that I suggest to you that we go and...

The Church in a Failed State!
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 modal!
There is a crises occuring - and has been occuring my whole life in the Church; that the so called leaders of the Church are doing nothing about; because they have no vision. Harsh words I know; but read on. In 2014 Pew Research a leading network of academics who...

The Political Idolatry of Christians and How to Cure It
Politics is all around us; we can not escape it. We can not avoid being involved in it; even the very attempt to be non-political ends up being political when we recognise that 'politics' is a specific way of relating to people; one in which, power, influence, and...

The Crucifixion of our Lord: John and the Synoptics
Introduction: One Sunday at Speakers' Corner recently, I found myself flummoxed when I knew the answer to a question that was raised but could not express it. It was not, as you would say, on the tip of my tongue. So, consider this my penance and an attempt to engrave...

Points where Protestants and Catholics can Unite, Despite the Differences!
Dear reader, you will know I am sure that I am an ecumenical Christian; which means that I navigate the differences between Christians, much like a surveyor navigates a landscape, I see high and low views everywhere; I envision the truth claims of the Christian faith...