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
Militant Christianity
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
On Fighting Good Fights
You could be forgiven for thinking that Christianity was a mild business. Its founder is called the prince of peace (Isa. 9:6), who famously said "blessed are the peacemakers" (Matt. 5:9), telling the meek they would inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5), and rebuking his followers for … [Read more...] about On Fighting Good Fights