FAITH IN CULTURE
articles on the challenges and opportunities for faith in modern culture
This Month's Article
Why We Hate Hypocrisy But Probably Can't Do Without It
Of all the vices despised in our era, hypocrisy ranks highly. Public leaders in politics, business and the Church, among others, are routinely criticised for their double standards in matters of power, money and sex.
Definitions of hypocrisy include: ‘the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs
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The June 4th Incident
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Because The Moon Is Made Of White Cheese
Countering Holocaust denial will be a rising moral challenge for us in the years ahead
Lecturers at the International School of Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem were explicit in their observation to a lecture theatre ten years ago. It is for Jewish people to decide whether continental Europe is a safe place for Jewish populations to live in.
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Weaving the advice of others into something
Smug Media
What are the values we should hold to in tackling today's big policy question?
The Call In The Middle Of The Night
Have we become so protective of personal autonomy in following Christ that we no longer submit to external discipline?
Day Seven
When God calls us to rest, he shows us what he can do while we sit back
You shall carry out an audit. If one commandment were to be added to the ten by our generation,