Tag: world

“It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves”
(January 10, 2026)

Human beings are the smartest animals on the planet, we’re told. We can find cures for cancer, send people to the moon (and back, thankfully!), and write achingly beautiful music. And yet ….. We can allow ourselves to be distracted and deluded by people whose intentions are not for our good. To believe things that […]

Why the kingdom of God is so crucial
(December 19, 2025)

Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace and goodwill, family celebrations and, for a few, religious observance. Sadly, 2025 seems to be far from that for many people. But maybe it’s not a very different world to the one in which baby Jesus was born – just different technology. Baby Jesus grew up […]

A short, short history of a long, long confrontation
(July 29, 2024)

We can only begin to understand the Hamas-Israeli war by understanding the long history behind it.

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?