You all know what an oxymoron is right? In part it involves a contradiction in terms – or what seems to be. Examples are many:…
All around the world Christmas is a time where hope is renewed. It celebrates the birth of the one who came to save us. It…
I don’t know about you, but in these ever-darkening days, things can seem overwhelming at times. The world is shaking, kingdoms are falling, faith is…
Baker, 2015. I seem to have the sort of personality or temperament where I tend to see more evil, pain, suffering and ugliness in the…
This sounds very odd indeed: defend one of the greatest Christian thinkers, authors, scholars and apologists of the past century? Why in the world would…
I often think about the Christian life and running the race. How many folks persevere to the end, and how many simply give up along…
It is a general rule of life that the more important or valuable something is, the more chances are it will be abused and misused.…
God is the author of culture, so it matters – end of story. But since folks expect a bit more from my articles, let me…
The fact that military and warfare imagery is found throughout the Bible tells us a few things. One, it may tell us that ideological pacifism…
Right now we are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The network of concentration camps set up by the Nazis in occupied…
Normally in a situation like this I would have had an article up long ago about the election results – in this case the Victorian…
Oxford, like England, like Europe, is steeped in history. These places have been around for a long time now. The city of Oxford of course…
OK, another instalment in my irregular theological travelogue series (hey, it is not every day I am in Europe!). And while most folks may not…
Having just left Italy, with a whirlwind tour of some of the greatest works of art and architecture of all time, it is worth reflecting…
On the writing about C. S. Lewis there is no end – or so it seems. And for good reason: Lewis was one of the…
At around 1am in the morning I was taking a brief stroll through the Internet, checking out the new day’s headlines. Alas, this exercise brought…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) is one of my favourite writers, and his 1908 volume Orthodoxy is one of my favourite books. He was an English…
There are always attempts being made to water down the Christian story, and that is certainly true at Christmas time. What is meant to be…
Christians hold two passports. We are citizens of this world, but also of the next. Thus there is always tension in this life. Indeed, there…
Britain has not always been a relative basket case. It was indeed a great nation not all that long ago. During the Second World War…