In recent days, we have seen once again how public figures, people of influence and global visibility, confront one another in ways that reveal not only disagreement, but also a troubling degradation in the way human beings treat each other.…
Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed, 1 Corinthians 5:7 (ESVUK) The date of Easter, the central feast of the Christian year, is not fixed in the way that many modern holidays are. Instead, it is determined by a pattern…
The month of March has brought into focus two events which, taken together, illuminate with striking clarity the fracture that now runs through global Anglicanism. The first was the gathering of hundreds of bishops in Abuja, Nigeria, convened under the…
Between the intuition of the good and the confusion of the human heart In contemporary public debate, it has become increasingly difficult to sustain the idea that there is such a thing as good and evil independent of opinion, culture,…
«Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul» 1 Peter 2:11 (ESVUK) The letters of Peter were written to believers who did not live a comfortable or protected faith.…
Why Biblical Critical Theory by Christopher Watkin Deserves Careful and Discerning Reading Scripture does not merely respond to culture: it situates it within the greater story of creation, fall, and redemption in Christ In an age marked by intense debates…
The banalisation of the sacred and the Christian challenge of teaching in a culture that laughs “When what deserves to be thought about provokes only laughter, it is not truth that has lost its force, but our capacity to recognise…
Adolescence, Culture and the Christian Challenge in the Face of the “Therian” Phenomenon “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Genesis 2:18) Adolescence is one of the most fragile and decisive stages of human development. It is…
Fantasy, Language, and Power in Lewis Carroll Introduction To speak of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland often provokes an ambivalent reaction. For many readers, it remains a children’s book, populated by extravagant scenes, impossible creatures, and situations seemingly devoid of logic.…
I do not usually write in the heat of the moment. I prefer distance, reflection, time. But there are moments when silence itself becomes a form of abdication. I am an Evangelical Christian. I am sixty-seven years old. I belong…