The sleepy pages of the Church Times may seem an unlikely place for a bad-tempered exchange about policing. But it seems that both the church and the…Will the Church fail like the police?
The town that was murdered
For a small town on Tyneside, Jarrow has always had an outsized impact on our national story. In the seventh and eighth centuries its church and …The town that was murdered
Dying Alone in 2021
Last spring, as lockdown orders went out to American cities and states, many prominent Christian voices equated masking, social distancing, and …Dying Alone in 2021
Maybe, Finally, At Last, There’s Hope for Nuclear Power
It's been a long time coming: Environmentalists are increasingly coming round to nuclear energy. Younger people are clued-up on climate change and are less against technological solutions than many older environmentalists. They also like their technology and understand that we need clean electricity to power phones and laptops. The public’s openness to nuclear is reassuring, …
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Rediscovering the Early Pentecostal Worldview: The Lost Message of Full Consecration
This Week in AG History —September 27, 1930 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 30 September 2021 “I sometimes wonder whether God is…Rediscovering the Early Pentecostal Worldview: The Lost Message of Full Consecration
How France conquered Europe
There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen, as a quote dubiously attributed to Lenin states. Last week was one of those weeks. As it began, I argued that the most significant short term effect of the Aukus agreement would not be in the distant Pacific, but rather here on our home continent,…How …
George Conger for Bishop?
That's what's on the street: Enter George Conger, the ambitious evangelical cleric from Central Florida. Is he qualified? Eminently so. He is by far away the most credentialed of all the candidates with a good track record in his own diocese. However, there is no love lost between Conger and his bishop, Greg Brewer, who …
Our Goal in Life is Really, Truly to be Happy
Barna's people find such a statement depressing: While focusing on career data and a shifting workforce, Barna's vocation project found something troubling in the church, Christians are pursuing happiness instead of Christ."It's not a sustaining framework to just chase after happiness, that's so circumstantial," said Dr. Stephanie Shackelford, author of You on Purpose."I think what …
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East Germany’s bitter lessons for Cuba
“Homeland or Death — We Shall Overcome!” Cuba’s state motto still reflects the country’s combative self-image. Over sixty years have passed since Fidel Castro marched his revolutionary forces into Havana — now, it seems, many Cubans are tired of the permanent struggle they are asked to undertake in the name of socialism. It is likely…East …
Welcome to fully automated luxury gnosticism
Is in-person human contact now a luxury good? You might be forgiven for this impression, at least in elite coastal America, after seeing the photos from New York’s $30,000-a-ticket Met Gala last week. In one already-notorious image Carolyn Maloney, a Democratic representative for New York City, sports a gown that trailed multiple banners bearing the…Welcome …
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Positive Infinity 