Ethical banking: hiding from Christian Socialists
Yes, I’m a terrible person. I’ve been avoiding calls and emails from the Christian Socialist Movement for about a month now, and I’m still not sure if it is that that makes me the miserable worm that I...
View ArticleInterview: Mark Thomas – Palestine & Christianity
Anti-terror laws, government-sponsored arms-dealers and testing the limits of free speech and protest: Mark Thomas has tackled them all. His comedy manages to be full of conscience and political...
View ArticleGay marriage: Christianity & the cult of family values
Do I support gay marriage? I barely support straight marriage. That’s why I don’t get why so many people get so worked up about gay marriage. I mean, marriage is fine. And I get that some Christians...
View ArticleCameron: all about the family
Our beloved Prime Minister took time off from lecturing the nation on responsibility and telling us how important he thinks families are recently, to leave his eight-year-old daughter Nancy alone in a...
View ArticleOccupy: the next phase – Q&A with Kalle Lasn
Flash encampments. Guerilla occupations. A movement for change driven by people with a ‘spiritual backbone’. Kalle Lasn, founder of Occupy Wall Street, Editor of Adbusters Magazine and author of...
View ArticleDrones, cricket and synchronised swimming
Cricket may not be a real sport as far as the Olympics are concerned (and, seriously, how do they decide that stuff? Shooting, walking and about 25,000 iterations of cycling make the cut, but rugby,...
View Article‘A coup by any other name’: interview with Dr Harry Hagopian
Dr Harry Hagopian is a bit of a legend. I met him first a few years ago when we were both pundit-style guests on a Christian radio station doing news comment. I was there because I am mouthy and have...
View ArticleSyria, pacifism and half-hearted identification with Jesus
Why should Christians oppose the use of military force in Syria? Because it betrays a half-hearted identification with Christ. I don’t really think of myself as a pacifist. But living in a culture...
View ArticleDr King, Pope Francis and Shane Claiborne on attacking Syria
I’ve heard some Christians calling for a Western military intervention in Syria. Such calls are always depressing, but I’ve been heartened by other voices. Good old Pope Francis, for instance. Pope...
View ArticleBad reasons for NOT attacking Syria
Why Christians should not support an attack on Syria and why some of the reasons they’re hearing are stupid. There’s a video doing the rounds, of John McCain making a good point in the service of a bad...
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