The gender experience throughout the 20th century in the UK is women taking more control of their life. Since their employment in the war effort in WWI, some women promoted and developed the feminist movement. Men were pushed aside as women took control of their fertility, and since the oral contraceptive pill became generally available …
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Artemis II Lunar Flyby today
Today the crew of Artemis II mission will view the Far Side of the Moon more fully and for the first time since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission to the Moon. Last time, Apollo 17 was so close to the Moon's surface, about 110km, that the crew had a limited view of it, but this …
Two religious errors within an hour
I have a blogpost on evangelical errors and another on academic errors. However, I witnessed two errors within an hour today that I thought I would highlight. The first error was at a midday prayer meeting where we read in the New Living Translation at John 7:8 Jesus saying: "I’m not going to this festival, …
Music and puppet government
Dominic Cumming has confirmed, what I have often suspected, that Government ministers are just nodding heads for the civil service. They are briefed by the civil service and even cabinet meetings are choreographed. It must be depressing for thinking politicians that they are not allowed to express their own thinking. It is all scripted for …
The biblical Book of Psalms
Some things are hidden in plain sight. Such is my copy of the 1650 Scottish metrical version of the biblical Book of Psalms. It sits beside my chair and is one of the most influential books of the Bible, simply because I use it every day. Many Christians overlook the Psalms. The advantage of a …
The decline of Christianity in Britain
Most of you reading this blogpost will know of numerous incidents that shock you to the extent that you wonder how they could be allowed to happen in Britain. From the Prime Minister selling out the Chagos Islands, to the rape gangs getting away with their wickedness through collusion with officialdom, there is a long …
Influential books in my life
A few years ago, on 1 Jan 2022 to be precise, I began a series of blogposts entitled Christian books and my Christian friends. However, it grew so long and complicated that I never found the opportunity to begin to publish it. I have now decided that I can begin the same project with books …
Wide of the mark and missing the point
In my experience, there are many books, articles, lectures and sermons that are wide of the mark, which miss the point of their own topic. Instead of developing this point, I simply begin a list here to demonstrate it. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, says absolutely nothing about the origin of species. …
Authority, qualifications or excellence
Excellence should be able to demonstrate itself without appeals to authority or qualifications. Let those who claim to have authority or expertise demonstrate it by their conversation and teaching. The apostle Paul demonstrated the standard: "... but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.” 2Corinthians 4:2. …
Extraordinary providences and the existence of God
I propose an easier argument for the existence of God than you have probably heard so far. Historically, there are a few standard arguments for the existence of God, but not everyone can understand them. They are known as the ontological argument (the most perfect Being necessitates His existence), the teleological argument (design and fine-tuning …
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