In 2011 I spoke at the national interfaith forum on State and Church. Four years on, these comments seem even more relevant today than they were back then. Part 1 is a response to a paper presented by Professor Paul Morris from Victoria...
Secularism
The idea (commonly) that religious viewpoints should be excluded from civil affairs or public education. How do we get a Christian voice heard in the public square?
Talking Jesus research (UK) – first of its kind – relevant to NZ
NZ Christian Network’s sister organisation in UK has just published the results of a research project described as the “first of its kind”. The research was conducted by Barna Group on behalf of the EAUK (Evangelical Alliance UK), the Church of England, and HOPE.
Are euthanasia arguments honest?
Are the arguments presented in the current euthanasia debate honest? This is the question put to me by a person who holds a Master’s Degree in philosophy and who is about to graduate as a medical doctor. I asked him to write up what he was thinking, and this is what...
Tolerance, persecution, and responding to our culture – Biblical wisdom on the blog of Frank Viola
“Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” (2 Tim. 3:12) Frank Viola offers in this post some useful and wise teaching from the Bible on the topics of tolerance, persecution, and how we should respond in a world...
David Cameron’s 2015 Easter message
Easter seems a long time ago. But many people have spoken about British Prime Minister David Cameron's Easter message. So we decided to re-post it here for your easy reference, and also for any who haven't seen it or read it yet. Re-posted from: Express UK, 5...
Indie-Rock And Mission
First, we can work hard as our Christian community to develop in our individual members a coherent and comprehensive worldview that can reason from the Bible and Theology to action on issues of the day. The starting point of the New Testament on that path is the creation of character, the inculcation of Christian virtues. We are firstly schooled in who to be before we are schooled in what to do. The virtues are themselves guides to action such that being confident in the kind of person I ought to be, I act so as to be that person.