Tag: world

How to stop the church from growing
(May 29, 2021)

A new global study finds that pluralism and persecution don’t generally harm the church, but privilege does.

Christians and cultural Marxism
(March 7, 2021)

Is being a christian “cultural Marxist” worse than being a heretic? Why are christians so polarised these days?

Was Jesus a socialist?
(July 29, 2020)

Some christians are accusing others of being socialists, as if that’s bad. But is it? Are Jesus’ teachings socialist?

Prayer, mental health, God, church …. and Covid-19
(May 31, 2020)

In these troubled times, people’s mental health is under stress, but there are things we can all do, and churches can do, to help.

Will Covid-19 change the church?
(May 15, 2020)

A recent report offers hope that churches may make some helpful changes that will improve how they serve the world.

Save a life without leaving home
(May 3, 2020)

Monthly challenge May challenge: 4 men facing death sentence Amnesty International reports: “Four journalists in Yemen have been sentenced to death on trumped up charges following grossly unfair trials. The absurd charges against Akram, Abdelkhaleq, Hareth and Tawfiq  include “creating several websites on the internet and social media.”  They have been detained, alongside six other […]

The church after Covid?
(April 16, 2020)

The world will change after the coronavirus pandemic. But will the church change? Should it?

Help end child labour in the chocolate industry
(April 3, 2020)

Child labour and underpaid farmers are common in the chocolate industry. Chocolate companies promise to do better, so let’s encourage them to do so!

They said what !!???
(March 25, 2020)

These words from christian and political leaders speak for themselves.

How did we get here from there?
(March 20, 2020)

Last post I talked about how we seem to be living in a toxic world these days. Events in the two or three weeks since then have underlined this conclusion.