Posted: 4th Mar 2010 (0 comments)
I was asked by Charisma Magazine in the USA to respond to the question: What will life be like for the church in 2020? I thought you might be interested in seeing my reply below.
Heading towards financial, moral and social bankruptcy it is hard to be optimistic about the future of Britain. Yet amid the gloom, I see rays of encouragement and hope. My predictions?
Posted: 18th Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Alistair Campbell famously informed us that British politicians ‘do not do God’. At this election time a related question ought to be asked: ‘Do the religious do politics?’ The answer, it seems, is that they do and increasingly so – something that ought to give the political parties pause for thought. Particular interest ought to be focused on that substantial sector that I belong to – the Evangelicals.
Posted: 25th Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Some Christians argue that it is not our business to be involved in politics. First, because we have other matters on which to concentrate: getting people to heaven is more important than trying to straighten out a fallen world. Second, because politics is so corrupt that we must keep a distance, lest we become contaminated. A third argument is that God is sovereign, so he can be trusted to take care of politics.
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