Feb 26, 2025 | Infusing Culture
In 1784, a call to prayer was issued among Baptist churches in England. These churches were in a state of serious decline, both in number and in spiritual vitality. John Sutcliff was the pastor of the Baptist church in Olney, Buckinghamshire for thirty-nine years. He...
Nov 27, 2024 | Infusing Culture
We had a great Leaders Day recently with Justin Brierley, exploring what he’s described as ‘the surprising rebirth of belief in God’. If you’re not familiar with Justin’s thesis he’s raising the question whether Matthew Arnolds’s ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar’...
Sep 23, 2024 | Infusing Culture
Expressive individualism – why does it matter? If you are a frog, you jump from a pot of boiling water. But if you are placed in a pot of tepid water that is gradually heated to boiling, you die. It’s been one way to explain why humans react quickly to sudden...
Aug 27, 2024 | Infusing Culture
I was disappointed when “Brexit” wasn’t accepted in a recent game of Scrabble—especially since it would have landed me a triple word score! I have a hunch it might already be included in a more current Scrabble dictionary. However, this contentious...
Apr 17, 2024 | Infusing Culture
The first of a series of three on the desperate need for spiritual renewal in our lives, churches and land. churches and land. William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army is quoted as saying… ‘The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion...
Mar 11, 2023 | Infusing Culture
We are now living within a post-modern secular cultural environment, which is increasingly challenging for Christians. Within living memory, the UK has shifted from regarding Christianity as the provider of a beneficial legacy, the values of which were for our benefit...
