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The books treated here are concerned with telling largely the same story. We could call this the ‘history of Christianity’ – though, as is clear from their titles, that story is also the story of contemporary western civilization and its … Continue reading →

References to mortal transience are on every page – some of them taken up by countless adaptations and imitations in later Western literature. As for mortals, their days are like grass: they flourish like a flower of the field;/For the … Continue reading →

What view should Christians take of Liberalism – by which I mean the exaltation of the ‘individual’ and the ‘secular’ ideology of the ‘nation state’ which sustains, and is sustained by, that concept?  Is Liberalism an unqualifiedly good thing and … Continue reading →

When visiting the local Waterstones, and other bookshops, I tend to take a quick glance at the section of the shelves variously marked ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’, ‘Spirituality’ or ‘Self Help’.  That often includes ‘religion’, though I’ve been struck recently by … Continue reading →

If you were born in middle-class UK of the 60s onwards, the chances are the ‘Learnabout’ series of ‘Ladybird’ books for children on non-fictional (informational) subjects will form part of the backdrop to your childhood.  At a half-a-crown (two shillings … Continue reading →

The fall in church attendance suggests a decline in religion. How are would-be Christian evangelists to respond?  I ask, because upon our answer to this question will depend how we preach the Gospel.  Here is why. No religion or the … Continue reading →

My attention was first drawn to this book by a recent interview given by its author, Angela Saini, on the BBC radio 4 programme ‘Woman’s Hour’.  There, she described the idea for the book as having first come to her … Continue reading →

Multiple Christmas services at our Evangelical Anglican church greeted the usual throng of local, and not so local, folk, for whom Christmas constitutes a rare exception to their more regular practice of non-attendance.  This sudden, but predictable, annual re-kindling of … Continue reading →

Why is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the heart of our individual and collective Christian experience? The ability to give a coherent answer to that question may not be essential to our own Christian faith. After all, we can … Continue reading →

How often have you heard older Christians complaining that the younger generation have no sense or understanding of ‘sin’? I can understand their concern. Without a sense of moral failure in those it addresses, the traditional form missional preaching has … Continue reading →