John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for 6 years between 1999 and 2005 under John Howard, enjoys a long conversation with Douglas Wilson on culture wars, American politics, what it means to be a Christian, and whether Christians can be nationalists. Doug Wilson is a theologian, minister of Christ Church Moscow (Idaho), ex-Navy,... Continue Reading →
Freedom, Faith & Forgiveness to start 2023
When I was a missionary working in the "Middle East" in 2005, I met Os Guiness on tour of his then, new book, 'Unspeakable: Facing up to Evil in an Age of Genocide'. His lecture that evening was electric, as was the book that I was persuaded to buy. I read it in pretty much... Continue Reading →
What Makes You Tick? The extraordinary impact of Christianity is seen in the fact that we don’t notice it!
As a final post for 2022 (Happy New Year btw), when Christianity seems on the ropes, and the Church seems up a certain creek, and the paddle is nowhere to be seen, it seems that appearances can be deceptive. Glen Scrivener has written a marvellous little book called 'The Air We Breathe' published by The... Continue Reading →
BONUS: The Dragon EXPOSED in The System
The previous four posts have attempted to articulate the what and how of the principalities and powers - those often unseen but felt realities that play out behind the things and events and experiences of human history - and I have enjoyed the chattering behind the scenes with those from all over the world who... Continue Reading →
Principalities and Powers: The Dragon’s Strategy (4/4)
Notes from Walter Wink’s award winning 1993 book ‘Engaging the Powers – Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination‘. (Pg. 98-100). "The Czech platwright (and later president) Vaclav Havel wrote, while the communist regime was still in power: "Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the... Continue Reading →
Principalities & Powers: In Thrall to the Dragon (3/4)
Notes from Walter Wink’s award winning 1993 book ‘Engaging the Powers – Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination‘. (Pg. 96-98). Liberation from the Delusional System The perception that the delusional system runs deeper than propaganda leads to a further important insight: those who are victims of the delusional system are nevertheless responsible for... Continue Reading →
Principalities and Powers: The Dragon’s Game (2/4)
Notes from Walter Wink’s award winning 1993 book ‘Engaging the Powers – Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination‘. (P.95-96) "Propaganda ("is not merely deception . . . it is the manufacture of idolatry" see pg. 94) is only the tip of the delusional iceberg, however. Other nations or disaffected internal critics can easily... Continue Reading →
Principalities & Powers: The Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing (1/4)
Notes from Walter Wink's award winning 1993 book 'Engaging the Powers - Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination'. The Dragon in Sheep's Clothing "People would not be so acquiescent to their own oppression unless they were caught in a powerful delusion. "Delude" is from the Latin deludre, "to play," specifically, "to play with... Continue Reading →
The World Has Already Decided Its Own Fate
In his 'Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) reflects on Revelation 18:1-24, and writes, "In Revelation, Babylon is not overthrown in the battle with the Logos, although the Lamb and his followers make war against the kings subject to Babylon: it is destroyed and burned by its own adherents, who turn against... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 