It was sometime last year, on a fairly ordinary car journey, when the voice of my then-7-year-old son piped up from his usual seat in the boot. He announced that he'd memorised something, and asked if we wanted to hear it. My wife and I gave each other a slightly bemused … [Read more...] about Fighting with Lions
Fight-talk
Finding the Right Hills to Die On
I've been trying to point out lately that the Church seems to have lost its taste for fighting good fights, or dying on the right hills. When it comes to speaking out on difficult issues, Christians have often become so docile that they're reluctant to die on any hills, let alone … [Read more...] about Finding the Right Hills to Die On
Hills on which the Church will Die
Choosing hills to die on is no easy thing. Some issues can be mere distractions. Others can be over-inflated. But avoiding key battles will be costly to the Church in the end because, one way or another, cowardice kills. "Not on that hill!" It's a phrase you sometimes hear … [Read more...] about Hills on which the Church will Die
On Christians and Twitter Fights
After a decade-and-a-half of successful avoidance, I finally joined Twitter last month. Just a few weeks later and I've already seen and felt enough to make me want to delete my account. It isn't just the way people talk, or the abuse they give so freely. It's the fact that you … [Read more...] about On Christians and Twitter Fights
In Defence of Christian Fight-Talk
It's no easy thing to fight good fights. Not just because all fights are hard things, but because it's not always easy to know whether or not they're good, bad, or ugly. It can be just as difficult to talk about good fights. Christian fight-talk can often be heard with suspicion … [Read more...] about In Defence of Christian Fight-Talk