Begin to combat slavery
(April 16, 2013)Yesterday I outlined some terrible facts about modern-day slavery (People shouldn’t be bought and sold). But what can we practically do?
Tag: Change the world
People shouldn't be bought and sold
(April 15, 2013)When I was at school, we were taught about how slavery was abolished in Britain and the USA. This was obviously a good thing. It came as a shock to find out, some years ago now, that there are more slaves in the world than ever before.
Half a billion healings?
(April 7, 2013)It is a circular argument, but it has been made often, from David Hume down to present day sceptics. There is no believable evidence for genuine miraculous healings, they say. But what about all the stories of people being healed? We know they can’t be true, they say, because no-one has ever shown scientifically that […]
The Bible: where the rubber hits the road
(March 26, 2013)This will probably be the last in this series of posts on Understanding the Bible in the 21st century. When it’s all said and done about the Bible, sometimes more is said than done. But the purpose of the Bible is not to simply read, but to lead us to action. What does the Bible […]
One billion rising
(February 16, 2013)One billion women around the world dancing and making a point. What’s not to like? And what’s the point?
Tony's Chocolonely – serious chocolate!
(January 8, 2013)Regular readers will know that one of my ’causes’ is ethical chocolate – chocolate that is grown by free farmers who are paid a fair wage, and not by trafficked children working more or less as slaves. (For background, see Ethical chocolate update.) So it was with great delight that I received a weighty package […]
Guns and christians
(December 29, 2012)Many people have commented these past few weeks on gun ownership in the US. As an Australian, I hesitate to enter into the debate, so I won’t discuss either of the key questions – whether a high level of gun ownership reduces or increases gun deaths, and whether the laws in the US should be […]
Don Richardson: a blast from the past!
(December 1, 2012)Pioneer missionary returns to the Sawi people of West Papua 50 years after his ground-breaking time with them.
Obama, ethics and the Christian Right
(November 7, 2012)So Obama has won, more convincingly than many expected. Many christians will be worried by this, yet there seems to be a number of christians taking a different line.
Learning from Ethiopian kids and their tablets
(November 2, 2012)One Laptop Per Child is a US-based charity which is seeking to create affordable educational devices for use in the developing world. Due to the difficulty in providing and funding teachers in some locations, it has tried the innovative, perhaps crazy, idea of leaving laptop or tablet computers with kids without any instructions. Outcomes have […]