https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MSKzoI72eU&t=385s Don't shoot the messenger! Full speech here. See The European Parliament asking why Pfizer blanked out over 100 pages in their reports, here. Or The Reflective Preacher here. Or Andrew Bridgen, MP, in discussion with Reverend Dr, Jamie Franklin, here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryzvDNIcEn0
Courage, Cowardice and Conformity
Below is an article originally from 'The Academy of Ideas' a great source for short essays on a wide range of subjects within our cultural milieu. They have given me permission to publish this article here called 'Why are Most People Cowards? | Obedience and the Rise of Authoritarianism', and many thanks to them for... Continue Reading →
Antichrist
I have recently started reading a book by Eastern Orthodox writer G. M. Davis called 'Antichrist - The Fulfillment of Globalization'. It's a chunky thug at nearly 400 pages, and it's so insightful from what I've read so far that it forces me to put the book down for a while to ponder the ramifications... Continue Reading →
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)
No doubt we are all saddened and moved by the death of our Queen. Whether a staunch Royalist or not, one cannot but be moved that the end of an era has now happened. I remember making a flag to wave for the Queen as she swept through Weymouth and Wyke Regis in her black... Continue Reading →
Protected: BOB: ‘Brilliantly Difficult’ documentary film OUT NOW
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How Tyrannies Come In
Rev Dr William Philip has written a great piece in Evangelicals Now about the rise of the veneration of the scientist in our day as that which uses elected figures as puppets and assumes themselves to be the source of all guidance and authority in all matters of public and private life. I have written... 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 →
Let My People Go
The battle for inner courage and then for action was on display in the life of Moses. Given his instructions from I AM at the Burning Bush in Exodus 3, he set out to return to the Egyptian royal court and make his one simple, four word request: "Let my people go!" This is the... Continue Reading →
The Weird Sheep, the Scape Goat and the Carnival Clown (or Prophet)
The 'weird sheep' is a phrase I recently came across in a video interview with Bret & Heather Weinstein where they talked about the concept of the 'weird sheep', a theme they develop in their new book 'A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life'. This intrigued me, because... Continue Reading →