Congratulations to Israel for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, in spite of the vocal Palestinian campaign interfering with the process. "Next year in Jerusalem" is a common Jewish phrase, and the Eurovision rules are that the next contest will be in the country of the previous year's winner. We may expect the same Palestinian …
BBC shows My Scientology Movie
BBC 2 showed Louis Theroux's 2015 documentary My Scientology Movie last night. It demonstrates yet another example of the cynical manipulation of mankind's religious conscience. It is but one of many examples. Theroux could not understand how intelligent, apparently normal, kind, well-meaning people, and Tom Cruise is one of the most high-profile scientologists, could be …
The UK death culture
Student suicides are rising. The BBC reports that students have been let down by the failure of universities and of mental health provision. Rather, a generation is being let down by the secular religion that excludes Christianity from public life. The anxiety, depression and despair among those who are sufficiently gifted to reach university needs …
North Korea coming in out of the cold
Kim Jong-un likes his video games and the internet. He also likes nuclear weapons. He has decided that he wants to enjoy more of western technology and the joys of life. So he made a significant policy change and today he met with the Prime Minister of South Korea in a historic, choreographed meeting. For …
How far have the Tories fallen?
There has been congratulations all round for the pregnancy of the leader of the Tory party in Scotland. While I rejoice at every new God-given life, it is time to call out the Christian perspective on this event when Christians in public life are too hide-bound to political correctness and their careers to do so. …
Christian scribes
I am a scribe but not a Pharisee – that is, I am a Christian scribe. In Jesus' day, the scribes and Pharisees were opposed to His teaching. Jesus accused them of hypocrisy: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you close the kingdom of heaven against mankind: for you neither go in yourselves, …
Which media can we trust?
Fake news raises the question, which media can we trust? The UK diplomatic response to Russian denials of involvement in the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury includes the claim that Russia is spreading a smoke screen of fake news. Yet repeated claims over the years that the BBC is itself biassed, not least from …
Global, please, not Universal
Universal Credit and the universal flood – really? The universe was not flooded, and Universal Credit is not even global. It is a social security benefit in the United Kingdom which, having rolled together and replaced six other benefits, has been called 'universal'. However, the UK is not the Universe. Many people commonly and wrongly …
Unbelief and victim abuse
Victim abuse occurs when a victim's account of their abuse is not believed. It has surfaced in recent times because historically rape victims were not believed. It is slowly being applied to domestic abuse where abused persons have been forced to leave their domestic home because they are not believed to be victims. However, it …
Taking complaints seriously
Too late, Jeremy Corbyn is discovering the effects of not taking seriously the complaints about antisemitism in the Labour Party. He is now on the back foot and trying to salvage the situation with as much damage limitation as he can muster. Russia and Vladimir Putin are discovering the same. After thinking they could ignore …
