The Postmodern Opportunity for the Church; If We are Brave Enough to Take It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdMUIzfzzBo&list=PLNqhXer1OYprv1CxvXl9rNF-Chxz3wBny&index=103 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,...
What is the True Measure of a Man? The Point of Life; a Christian Perspective
Recently, I was invited to a five-star hotel to meet with someone who wanted to talk about more than the latest football results. He was more interested in the stock markets; hence the five-star hotel reception. I entered into what could only be described as your...
The Loss of Christian Youth – What We Can Do About It (Part of the Picture)
Why 88% of Christian Youth are Lost - Voddie Baucham - YouTube (please watch the video before you read the article) We Christians have a problem! Look at your fellowship this coming Sunday and ask where the young people are between 15 - 24 years of age. Where are...
The case for Hallowmass / ‘Halloween’
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 like you would never say 'happy Christmas...
The Axioms of a Muscular Christianity
We've written on Muscular Christianity before, but it is worth revisiting the idea, and to press beyond the introductory blog that also appears on this website. I hope here in to explore the axioms of what I mean by a 'muscular Christianity' which is someone what a...
Upon the Idolatry of Bricks and Mortar
The Church has an idolatry problem. Well, it has many idolatry problems. I am neither talking about the celebrity pastor culture nor the issue of statues or art used as a means of veneration of what it represents. Nope! I am speaking of offering our souls and bodies...
Christians: Are we Disciples of Christ Jesus or of the Enlightenment?
Christianity, I mean the real thing; not the stuff of civic society, is not the enlightenment with a bit of religious ritual for frosting. This is, of course, exactly what liberal and progressive churches have turned Christianity into. Christianity is radically...
Changing the Timidity of Christians through the Cult of the Martyrs
I have literally spoken to thousands of Christians and have noted something disturbing…timidity. It is the hallmark of many Christians, a desire to not engage in conflict, not get involved in controversy, or to risk too much for their faith. The causes of this are...
Deus Machina
“Let us hush this cry of 'Forward', till ten thousand years have gone.”― Alfred Tennyson In the mid-1700, new technologies began to give rise to new forms of technology. These new machines could do, in a shorter time, the same quantity of work that human hands...
Israel, Palestine, Sharia law, and the Church!
There is a false dichotomy that is always being pushed by the mainstream media around the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They infer that we are faced with a stark choice, having to side with either Israel or Palestine. But, is it really so bleak? Do we, as...
