Big Issues

Thoughts and discussion on the big issues of life, big issues in the world, big issues in the church. Where morality, humanity, conscience and practicality meet with our great big God.

The world ends today…

The rapture didn’t happen in May, but we are still on for the end of the world today. Apparently. And the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42.

Is it time for same-sex partnership ceremonies in church?

The UK Government is consulting on whether to allow churches to host civil same-sex partnership ceremonies. Is this a good solution?

A hell of a debate – Rob Bell’s Love Wins takes church by surprise

Rob Bell, that rock star of hip Christian theology, has stirred up heated controversy out of an issue that was gathering theological dust. Do you believe in Hell? Does God?

How Would Jesus Vote?

There is always an election coming, and elections don’t just change governments, they change everything. So, traditional marriage values? War against Climate Change? An end to multiculturalism? How Would Jesus Vote?

Are Christians finally on board in the climate change war?

Is global climate change finally on the agenda of a Church that has always proclaimed that God calls us to be stewards of His creation?

Water for all?

This World Vision video puts the third-world experience of water in a comfortable western setting – and the result is shocking and very very thought provoking.

Darwin at 200 – time for the church to own up?

150 years ago, Charles Darwin suggested an explanation for the wealth of animal types on this planet. In doing so he caused a storm of controversy that has never gone away. But has the church damaged itself by choosing the wrong side of the argument?