It is presidential election season over the pond and the debates are up and running and people are being given reasons to vote for him and not vote for him. It is this time of year that the arguments are rolled out about the importance of voting and what was done to ensure people had […]
Read More No Vote, No Voice?Sometimes the perception of politics and politicians can be rather like this clip from the brilliant comedy Yes, Prime Minister. It’s all about manipulating information to win points. I recently read this post called 11 Reasons Why I Never Discuss Politics. Good blogging, worth reading. After you’ve read that consider carefully the valid reasons given […]
Read More Talking Point: Can We Discuss Politics Positively?Last week a scandal rocked the banking industry in England as it was discovered that certain traders in a particular bank were carrying on with illegal behaviour to gain a profit. The implications of the scandal has lead to officials high up in the organisation resigning from their positions. To get a little more of […]
Read More Addressing The Issue – Getting To The Roots – Culture ChangeThis man is Nigel Farage. He is a MEP and was the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party or UKIP. I am not a member of UKIP, neither do I subscribe to all their political beliefs. I don’t post this primarily to get into the nitty gritty of the Eurozone crisis that it alludes […]
Read More Talking Point: The Debt CrisisAs someone who is keen to pursue God, I’m intrigued by how He works through the systems of the day. He has given each its time – time for a dictatorship, time for a monarchy, time for a meritocracy, time for an aristocracy and currently for some a time for democracy. It’s clear that elements […]
Read More Talking Point: Is Democracy All That?Growing up with a fascination in systems of power and the stories of justice, liberation, control, slavery means some of my hobbies and interests, pastimes and pursuits would not necessarily be part of the mainstream. At this stage of my maturing process I still don’t have a lot of concrete conviction based answers on certain […]
Read More Is There Not A Cause?Today I read about a school in Western Australia that has removed the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in its school assemblies because of a state ruling that schools should not favour one religion over another. You can read the article yourself by clicking this underlined and highlighted area. Considering it was from a Christian […]
Read More Prayer, Schools, The State and The Kingdom AgendaFollowing my last foray into controversial and touchy issues I thought I might as well venture further and touch on the topic of how same sex relationships are recognised. First there were Civil Partnerships and unsurprisingly and understandably there are calls for same sex partnerships to receive all the rights and benefits that heterosexual couples […]
Read More Briefly Entering And Exiting An Aspect Of The Same Sex Partnership IssueI did a degree Philosophy & Politics for three years at Essex University. Before that I did a two year course at A-Level in Theology (as well as English and also Government and Politics). Before that I did a GCSE option in Religious Studies. Throughout this time moral issues and their practical and political implications […]
Read More Briefly Entering And Exiting An Aspect Of The Abortion DebateThe church is like a constitutional monarchy, where Jesus is allowed the title, but has no authority to make any decisions. (A.W. Tozer as quoted in Simple Church by Tony and Felicity Dale – p 25.) The book I’ve just started provided the quote for today’s blog entry. It was through the usual connections (King […]
Read More Who’s the Boss: Jesus Is Lord … On A Constitutional Basis
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