The approach to Easter this year comes at a time of great upheaval and instability, in the Middle East and across the world. There’s nothing new there, perhaps: amid the ongoing post-Covid global permacrisis, with new ‘wars and rumours of Read more
How do you serve God as a soldier? For some this question is absurd. Only pastors, preachers and missionaries can serve the Lord, they murmur piously. We have already explored the inspiring story of the detective William Sleeman but let’s Read more
It needs to be more widely known that the “history of the conflict between religion and science” essentially originates in one book of that title of 1875, with encouragement from a History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Read more
I have been reading and studying Studies in Words by C. S. Lewis since 1991. Over time, it has become a personal classic, not a book I merely consult, but one I return to as language, culture, and education continue Read more
Many people experience trouble and strife during their lives. We live in a broken, groaning world (Romans 8) and sometimes innocent people suffer greatly. We know that many Christians in the first century were persecuted for their faith in Jesus. Read more
“You are correct: something is seriously wrong.” This manifesto is an urgent call to arms about the capacity of human attention and what is threatening it today.
I wrote a while ago about a biblical way to construe AI. It’s an analogy, and it goes like this. Just as God made humans to be his image in the world and exercise God’s loving power on his behalf, Read more
I was very impressed by the presenter Vicky Gibbens who interviewed me yesterday on her radio show. I’ve been interviewed on the radio quite a few times and I’ve often come away feeling rather deflated and disappointed. I’m making myself Read more
At a fresh reading, the account of the Magi visiting the Christ child in Matthew’s Gospel seems bizarre. Wise men from a faraway land observe such a significant star that they set out for Jerusalem with gifts for a prince. Read more
Fred Lemon was born in 1914 in the east end of London. He grew up in the world of jellied eels, winkles and cheeky, cockney geezers. His mum and dad taught young Fred “to steal whenever there was an opportunity Read more