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Also how this life of the spirit in the - [The Enlightenment as a Defining Dynamic of Church and Umma Relations](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2026/06/03/the-enlightenment-as-a-defining-dynamic-of-church-and-umma-relations/) - This address was given in 2024 to the North Atlantic Polemics Conference and is published here to celebrate NAPC 2026, which is happening this week! GOD willing, I am going to talk about the Enlightenment as a defining dynamic of the Church’s relations and interactions with the Umma. The Church in the West and around - [The Sign of Jonah](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2026/07/22/the-sign-of-jonah/) - I recently did an episode in my discipleship and apologetics class that I run every Monday; (you can sign on to it if you like via this very website); however, at the end of the class - though well received I felt I left too much out of what could have been said because - - [ARC 2026 - The Kingdom of GOD and rebuilding Civilisation](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2026/06/29/arc-2026-the-kingdom-of-god-and-rebuilding-civilisation/) - I was able to attend ARC again this year; the Alliance of Responsible Citizens; which is the brain child of the now ill, Jordan Peterson; who could do with your prayers from all accounts. This is now a gathering in its fourth year; and I have attended the last two. Last year thanks to Father - [Cultural Christians Are Fighting the Wrong Battles to Save Christianity Because They Don't Understand the Faith](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2026/04/08/cultural-christians-are-fighting-the-wrong-battles-to-save-christianity-because-they-dont-understand-the-faith/) - Recently, there has been a glut of outrage on X and other social media platforms about Muslims praying in the street, Trafalgar Square, the King not giving an easter message, and even a Christian buying churches to stop them from closing down; as well as the outrage of churches being turned into mosques, or the - [Church Practices, Volk Christianity, Islamisation, and Why we Need to Make Christian Culture More Real and Meaningful](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2026/02/18/church-practices-volk-christianity-islamisation-and-why-we-need-to-make-christian-culture-more-real-and-meaningful/) - 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 why, in the increasing pace of Islamisation, we need - [Should Christians Still be Divided Over the Five Solas, and What Would a Unified Church Look Like?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2026/01/26/should-christians-still-be-divided-over-the-five-solas-and-what-would-a-unified-church-look-like/) - 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 was a step in the right direction towards unity. This was preceded by Pope - [Eviscerating the Church of England for its Stance on the 'Tommy Robinson' Carol Service](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/12/16/eviscerating-the-church-of-england-for-its-stance-on-the-tommy-robinson-carol-service/) - 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 of Christmas. This public statement of faith was not - [The Quiet Revival; a Proposed Response](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/12/08/the-quiet-revival-a-proposed-response/) - 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 in 2018 to 2024; both - [Christian Nationalism and Sly Sky News: Responding to Tom Cheshire](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/11/12/christian-nationalism-and-sly-sky-news-responding-to-tom-cheshire/) - 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 alliance of mutual co-opting between Christians and the extreme right. I am here in - [Monasticism and the Benedict Option: A Synthesis of Genesis and Preservation.](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/10/27/monasticism-and-the-benedict-option-a-synthesis-of-genesis-and-preservation/) - 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 Catholic Church, which is - [A Christian Reflection on Current Issues in the UK and the West](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/09/09/a-christian-reflects-on-current-issues-in-the-uk-and-the-west/) - These days, the pace of 'events dear boy' has increased to such a degree that there is a dizzying speed at which issues are arising, concerns to be addressed, and challenges to be faced. Whilst I have often sought to highlight issues that are often ignored, I thought it would be beneficial in this article - [A Response to the Open Letter Given by Mentioned Church 'leaders' Upon the Occasion of the Unite the Kingdom March](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/09/23/a-response-to-the-open-letter-given-by-mentioned-church-leaders-upon-the-occasion-of-the-united-the-kingdom-march/) - To the following: Rt Revd. Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Winchester, Gavin Calver, CEO, Evangelical Alliance, Bishop Mike Royal, General Secretary, Churches Together in England Revd. Richard Andrew, President, Methodist Conference 2025/26 Jude Levermore, Head of Mission, Methodist Church Matt Forsyth, Vice-President, Methodist Conference 2025/26 Commissioners Jenine and Paul Main, Territorial Leaders, The Salvation Army United - [The Church of England, the Church in England, and Liberalism: Why the Church of England Fails, and What the Church in England Can Do About It!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/03/26/the-church-of-england-and-the-church-in-england-liberalism-why-the-church-of-england-fails-and-what-the-church-in-england-can-do-about-it/) - I should confess here that I go to a Church of England Church congregation to receive communion, and so my thoughts here are coming from one within the communion, not from outside of it. Therefore, this is not a sectarian complaint but rather a deep groan of a communicant of the Church of England about - [Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same GOD? I Don't Think So and Here is Why: a Response to my Roman Catholic and Orthodox Brothers!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/07/09/do-muslims-and-christians-worship-the-same-god-i-dont-think-so-and-here-is-why-a-response-to-my-roman-catholic-and-orthodox-brothers/) - Recently, a controversy has erupted among Christians on YouTube and in the apologetics community, creating a sort of two-on-one situation; division has emerged between (otherwise broadly ecumenical) Christians, split between Orthodox and Reformed/Protesting on one side and Roman Catholics on the other. This controversy centres around Capturing Christianity's attempt to defend the official Roman Catholic - [Ten Christian Values for Those Learning About Christianity](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/06/24/ten-christian-values-for-those-learning-about-christianity/) - Given the renewed interest in Christianity and the ‘quiet revival’ under way in the UK – and in particular the recognition by many socially conservative, classical liberal types like Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray and others to argue that Christianity is the source of our moral compass in the West – I thought I would note - [Misyar Marriage and Christian Marriage: Which is Better for the Women of the Umma?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/05/01/misyar-marriage-and-christian-marriage-which-is-better-for-the-women-of-the-umma/) - Recently, the world of Islamic Da’wah in the English-speaking world has been set ablaze amidst claims and counterclaims, as a now world-famous Muslim Da’i is engulfed in allegations of having a secret Misyar marriage, with counterclaims placed against the accusers. To those outside the world of Da’wah, this takes on the feel of a Big - [Why Europe needs a Muscular Christianity](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/12/12/why-europe-needs-a-muscular-christianity/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Europe is in trouble – real trouble! Well, if you take seriously the warnings of Hans-Georg Maaßen, the former spy chief of Germany, who has said, “Europe will succumb to Islam.” To quote - [Baptism, Asylum, and the Church](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/02/07/baptism-asylum-and-the-church/) - The Church of England is, once more, finding itself the butt of scorn and mockery; and national contempt. This time, because of the apparent complacency around the Church of England in properly vetting those claiming to convert to the faith - before supporting their application for asylum on the grounds of religion. The situation was - [The Church is Gripped by the Fear of Comfortable People!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/04/18/the-church-is-gripped-by-the-fear-of-comfortable-people/) - Brothers and sisters, the Church is in the grips of fearful people because they are successful. In this article, I want to explain what I mean by this and share some anecdotal evidence that leads me to this reflection: the theology they have created to maintain it and consider what we can do about it - [On Marrying Unbelievers and Other Things Connected to 2 Corinthians 6:14](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/06/02/on-marrying-unbelievers-and-other-things-connected-to-2-corinthians-6-14/) - When Christians talk about dating one another, leaving aside the rightness or wrongness of it all for a second, a Christian in the discussion invariably raises the point of 2 Corinthians 6: 14, which states, "Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, what fellowship does light have with - [The ARC Conference and the Christian Church!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/02/21/the-arc-conference-and-the-christian-church/) - By Bob Soco | Feb 21, 2025 I was honoured and favoured by Fr. Calvin Robinson to gain access to the ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference – the brainchild of Dr. Jordan Peterson – this week. I am now going to divulge my reflections upon the momentous occasion covered by numerous media outlets including - [Commentary on Philippians Chapter Three](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/03/09/commentary-on-philippians-chapter-three/) - Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not troublesome, but for you it is safe. In typical Pauline fashion, the words 'finally' come some way off from the end! Paul it seems wanted to console the Church of Phillipe; and wished to recapitulate the - [An Open Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury; A Response from a Working-Class Christian to Your Guardian Article.](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/08/12/an-open-letter-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury-from-a-working-class-christian-in-response-to-your-guardian-article/) - Your Grace, In these humble words, we would like to respond to your article for the Guardian titled 'After all these days of hate and violence in the UK, we must find a way to live together well.' We must first be clear - this response is in no way an attempt to legitimise the - [Twelve THOUGHTS on Evangelism at Christmastide for AD 2025](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2025/01/08/twelve-thoughts-on-evangelism-at-christmastide-for-ad-2025/) - You are more than likely to know that I work as a full time evangelist. If you did not well, now you know that I do! I have studied the topic of religion since my time at college and all the way through university and until now. And so – with my academic learning and - [The Biblical Basis for a New Christendom](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/12/08/the-biblical-basis-for-a-new-christendom/) - I remember back in the 1990s, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, his grace George Carey, being interviewed by someone (I don’t remember who) in which he was asked about whether faith was a private matter and should be influencing a person’s politics. The then Archbishop accurately articulated that being a Christian was a complete way - [Christian Pilgrimage: Why You Should Practice It!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/07/02/christian-pilgrimage-why-you-should-practice-it/) - I know what you are thinking - there is no command for Christians to go on pilgrimage from either the lips of Jesus the Christ our Lord or any of His Apostles. So, why should we go on pilgrimage? Well, I think, given the apparent absence of evidence, that is a very good question, and - [What is 'New' about the 'New' Ecumenism and 'New' Muscular Christianity?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/08/29/what-is-new-about-the-new-ecumenism-and-newmuscular-christianity/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] It may surprise many, but all my talk about ‘ecumenism’ and ‘Muscular Christianity’ is not new; these are things that have emerged within the body before, and I am often (certainly with my ecumenism) accused of things that are more appropriate to what I would like to term - [When 'Mauds' Attack: Answering the 'Karens' of the Church on Conduct at the Pro-Life March 2024!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/10/01/when-mauds-attack-answering-the-karens-of-the-church-on-conduct-at-the-pro-life-march-2024/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]I am writing a reply to the article published on September 23, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in the Catholic Herald by Eden McCourt entitled ‘London March for Life Showed How Both Sides Can Get It Wrong and Fail the Unborn.’ This is somewhat of an open letter to her, - [Is Christianity Pro-Free Speech? The Bible Says No. Why Should We Not Be Ashamed of That?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2024/10/23/is-christianity-pro-free-speech-the-bible-says-no-and-why-we-should-not-be-ashamed-of-that/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]The issue of free speech is not as simple and as clear-cut as most people think it is. Obviously, my title gives the game away before you have read it – as to what I will argue, but to coin a phrase, “It’s the journey that matters.” So, bear - [Critique of Secular Humanism from a Christian Perspective: 23 Theses](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/10/19/22-thesis-in-critique-of-secular-humanism-from-a-christian-perspective/) - Below are 23 theses I offer in criticism of modern Western Liberal Secular Humanist culture. I offer them because Christians need to arm themselves to evangelise the religion of the West: Liberal Secular Humanism. I offer them to Secular Humanists to try and point them out of the shackles of Liberal Secular Humanism and as - [Points where Protestants and Catholics can Unite, Despite the Differences!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/03/15/the-points-where-protestant-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 much like a hill, there is a low view - [What Good Street Evangelism Looks Like!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/02/03/what-good-street-evangelism-looks-like/) - 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 Christ's command to go into the world and teach and baptise in His - [Why Christians Should Boycott Halal Meat (and Other anti-Christian Businesses) and Set Up Their Own Alternative](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/06/15/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 spend our money in - [Christians: Are we Disciples of Christ Jesus or of the Enlightenment?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/09/01/christians-are-disciples-of-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 different from the enlightenment, and I wish to delineate some of those differences. There - [Changing the Timidity of Christians through the Cult of the Martyrs](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/07/09/tell-the-story-of-todays-martyrs-and-confessors/) - 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 many. Perhaps it's due to 300 years of organising ourselves, - [Deus Machina](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/06/17/the-cult-of-deus-machine/) - 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 could do manually, and so a process known as 'mechanisation' was born. This mechanisation soon took off and the Industrial Revolution was born. The - [The case for Hallowmass / 'Halloween'](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/11/05/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 eve'; it just makes no sense. Ok, now - [How to Christianise your Church](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2020/11/19/how-to-christianise-your-church/) - I can hear you say, "Christianise your Church... what? That does not even make sense; Church is, by definition, Christian." I hear your protest and, believe me, I sympathise. However, give me a few minutes of your time and all will become clear. Upfront, let us be clear about what the Church is. Scripture describes - [The Church in the West and the Benedict Option Model](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2020/12/04/the-church-in-the-west-and-a-modal-of-the-benedict-option/) - Undeniably, there is a massive rate of apostasy in the west, and many are asking why. There is no single answer. Many Christian thinkers put the issue on weak teaching, others and poor discipleship. Sadly, others are persuaded that Christianity needs an update; adapt to the modern culture; embrace modern values and get with the - [Navigating the Differences an Ecumenical Christian Approach](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/02/24/navigating-the-differences-an-ecumenical-christians-approach/) - I believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church! This statement has nothing to do with any denomination or sect. Rather, I am referring to the whole body of Christ, the people of GOD, the 'Jesus movement' (what a horrible term) as a whole, the full collection of the disciples of the Messiah. That being - [A Post-Christian UK and a Call to a New Christendom!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/03/22/a-post-christian-uk-and-the-call-to-a-new-christendom/) - We are about to make it official - the UK is a post Christian society - [Christians Need to Create Families and Here is How; Give up the Romantic Model!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/05/05/christians-need-to-create-families-and-here-is-how-give-up-the-romantic-modal/) - 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 Pew Research, a leading network of academics who - [The Church in a Failed State!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/05/18/the-church-in-the-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 forces Christians to flee - [Muscular Christianity and the Christians of Iraq and Syria!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/08/11/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 thesis to all Christians for what lessons it might offer to them; it charts - [Make Cathedrals a Centre of Mission, Not a Tourist Centre!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/07/05/makes-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 in control of their use; in - [Reflections on Lent; For Nepsis and Against Acedia.](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/03/18/reflections-on-lent-reflections-in-lent-for-nepsis-and-against-akedia/) - I remember once in my place of work that, as Ramadan came around, my work colleagues were conscientious to a fault to demonstrate both their care for Muslim colleagues who were fasting and to note how impressed they were at the practice. That same year, those same colleagues, when it came out I was fasting - [The Political Idolatry of Christians and How to Cure It](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2023/05/02/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 authority are conspicuously at play. Christians are - [The Problems are Sociological - the Solutions are Sociological, Also!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/08/07/the-problems-are-sociological-the-solutions-are-sociological-also/) - It is doubtful that any Western/Latin Christian is going to deny that our little part of the world is seeing the Church slowly erode. Much clamour is made about the bad, or at least the lack of good, teaching in the Church as the cause of the problem. Certainly, this is part of the problem. - [What is Muscular Christianity?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2020/09/19/what-is-muscular-christianity/) - The idea that Church needs! This could be the one sentence summary of the idea of a muscular Christianity. Now, the question arises obviously, is this an idea emergent from the faith, and in the course of this short article I hope to illuminate as to why this idea is both what the Church needs - [Israel, Palestine, Sharia law, and the Church!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/05/17/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 Christians, not have room enough to manoeuvre - [The Axioms of a Muscular Christianity](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/09/27/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 pretentious title I accept; but I needed an - [Four Ingredients for a Growing Religious Movement: Christians, Take Note; We Can Turn This Around!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/08/31/the-four-ingredients-of-a-growing-religious-movement-christians-take-note-we-can-turn-this-around/) - This article builds on the last (see my previous blog) as it's worth sitting on this topic and allowing it to resonate at a deeper level. It is a timely point, as well, as we in the UK are going to be in for a big shock when the results of the last national census - [Discourse on the Epicurean Religion of Our Age and the Christian Response!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/09/23/discourses-on-the-epicurean-religion-of-our-age-and-our-response-as-christians/) - Christians in the west, like it or not, live in a post-Christian age. We are like the 'son' in the famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, about to "...bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop - [Upon the Idolatry of Bricks and Mortar](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/09/20/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 to the buildings wherein the Church worships. - [The Loss of Christian Youth - What We Can Do About It (Part of the Picture)](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/12/10/the-loss-of-christian-youth-and-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 they? Undoubtedly, the vast majority of - [Reaching Men: The Missing Demographic and a Masculine Spirituality](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/06/24/reaching-men-the-missing-demographic-a-masculine-spirituality/) - Where are all the men? More importantly - why are they not interested in Christianity? The stats, brothers and sisters, speak for themselves. Across all denominations a recent YouGov poll of 7k adults showed that only 4.4% of men attended church at least once a month, compared to 5.2% of women; and this equals a - [An Open letter to Christian artists! Join the culture war - be soldiers for Christ! Your art is a weapon - use it!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/10/24/an-open-letter-to-christian-artists-join-the-culture-war-be-soldiers-for-christ-your-art-is-a-weapon-use-it/) - It is often said, and I believe to be true, that a picture can speak a thousand words; anyone who has ever read Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - will know the great lengths he went to in his attempt to describe the lush textures and the feel of the world he was trying to - [The Case for Keeping the Nativity Fast and a Real Christmas!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/11/16/the-case-for-keeping-the-nativity-fast-and-keeping-a-real-christmas/) - I did a recent survey on my Youtube Channel, conducting a non-scientific straw poll asking whether people planned to keep the Nativity fast. Four hundred people have responded so far of which 61% had never heard that fasting before Christmas was a thing. Only 18% said that they would. Such findings have prompted this article. - [How do we Take Back Christian Institutions; How do we Take Back the Church of England?](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/06/06/how-do-we-take-back-christian-institutions-how-do-we-take-back-the-church-of-england/) - We have written in passing about the "shepherding heights" of education, religion, family, business, government/military/policing, arts/entertainment, and media. What I mean by this phrase 'shepherding heights' is that from these positions of power, influence, and authority - we are being discipled; we are being shepherded in terms of a narrative we live by collectively, and - [If You're Going to have a "Club" Church - Make it a Good One!](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2022/05/08/if-your-going-to-do-a-club-church-make-it-a-good-one/) - Certainly, within my lifetime, I will not see the end of "club" churches. While they are adding to the collapse of Christianity in the West - primarily because most "club" churches are just awful, I am confident that their days are numbered. So, I thought I would contribute a word to at least help make - [Seven Christian Disciplines of the Spiritual Life](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/02/05/seven-christian-disciplines-of-the-spiritual-life/) - The title should give something away. It's 'seven disciplines,' not 'the seven disciplines,' and not 'seven suggestions;' as this is neither a full list of disciplines nor are these merely options for the Christian. However, before we go any further down that road, let's just look at our terms. The word discipline comes from middle - [Finding your Vocation; Thoughts and Reflections](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/01/08/finding-your-vocation-thoughts-and-reflections/) - One of the most consistent images in Christ's teachings is that of the faithful servant, one who is going about his duties when our Lord returns. Therefore, the question of vocation (known as 'calling' in some circles) is something pressing upon the good Christian souls. If you have not thought about it as a Christian, - [A Reflection on the Incarnation According to Luke](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2020/12/27/a-reflection-on-the-incarnation-according-to-luke/) - Her Majesty the Queen of England and head of the Church in England spoke of the symbolism of light in her 2020 Christmas message. This year bodies celestial have conspired to put on a display for the world to see that, by the naked eye, planets Jupiter and Saturn appear like the Star of David - [Reflections For Advent; Examine Yourself To See If You Remain In The Faith](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2020/12/10/reflections-for-advent-way-to-examine-yourself-to-see-if-you-remain-in-the-faith/) - Christians are instructed by Apostolic teaching to 'examine themselves to see if you remain in the faith.' However, how does one go about doing this; how does one examine themselves? You could adopt any of the teachings of the great saints, like the 'examine' of Ignatius of Loyola; and probably should; it will be better - [How to Help the Persecuted Church; a Matrix of Responses](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/04/26/how-to-help-the-persecuted-church-a-matrix-of-responses/) - Let me kick this article off straight from the bat by stating that if you are a Christian, you have zero choices about whether or not you should stand in solidarity with the persecuted Christian. You absolutely should! Standing with persecuted Christians is, for the Christian, as obligatory as prayer! I am tragically confounded by - [A Letter to the Cowards on Behalf of the Persecuted Church](https://www.soldierofchrist.online/2021/04/26/a-letter-to-the-cowards-on-behalf-of-the-persecuted-church/) - Brothers and sisters in Christ: Whilst all may read this letter, I want to be clear; this letter is not aimed at all the brethren! 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