Beauty for Ashes

1 John 2:23 - Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Do all religions lead to the same God? John makes a radical claim...

Using the paradigm of Oz Guinness's 'Our civilisation moment'  we look at what is going on in the world.  Rainbow - the Boots Christmas Ad; Guehi and Morsey; Smoggie Queens; Prostitution in Belgium and Germany; The BBC and Transgender women; Single women and IVF;   

Red - South Korea; Biden pardons his son; Boris Johnson on the proxy war in Ukraine; French government collapses; Country of the week - Rumania

Green - George Galloway; Kim Leadbetter; Euthanasia; Matt Hancok; Porridge banned; 

Beige - Apple come good with new earpods and advert; 50th anniversary of Tubular Bells 

Gold - Fraser Nelson on benefits culture

Black - Oxford Union debate on Israel. 

Jasper - Anthony Hopkins

With music from Four Non Blondes; The Cranberries; Rugul Aprins Valencia; Calum Kennedy;  and Mike Oldfield.

This week we look at the world through the mirror of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (Revelation 6) - 1) War - Israel, Lebanon and Gaza; Russia and Ukraine - 2) Famine, the Economy - Keir Starmer and Blackrock; the Great Reset; Climate Change; Blockading Newcastle; Ice cover and Oceans rising; Paying for COP29; Blackouts in Australia; -  3) Death - Euthanasia;  The London Tube; The World's Oldest Man;  4) The Anti-Christ  - Jordan Peterson; German Judges; The Scottish Government and What is a Woman, court case; Norway churches rebel against state indoctrination; a banana taped to a wall gets $6.2 million; Jacinda Ardern and free speech; Free speech in Australia; Tariq Ali fulfills the prediction of Christopher Hitchens;  and Feedback with music from Joe South, Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, Tool, The Bee Gees, Iron Maiden and the Psalms Project

I don't think there is a better description of the modern world than the opening chapter of this 3000 year old book....This was quite difficult and emotional to preach because I feel it so much....

1 John 2:7-8 - The old covenant law was a law of love. In what sense is that renewed in the New Testament? How is it a new law? It is shown in Christ but how can it be shown in us?

This week we look at the United Kingdom - the farmers revolt;  Steve Reed and Tim Farron;  billions wasted on facemasks; Rachel Reeves; the UK at COP 29; Censorship and the NewsAgents; Alison Pearson; Mary Harrington; Euthanasia; Dancing Donald; Biden and World War; and Tony Campolowith music from the Waterboys, the Sex Pistols, the Wurzels, Last Night of the Proms; ELO; the Beatles; Racist Geology; Jaguar; the Village People; and Stuart Townend. 

This week we look at the aftermath of the US election, truth, the 4B movement, trans language; Kristalnacht in Amsterdam; German government collapses; Japanese PM survives; Country of the Week - Azeribijan; COP29; Shell wins Netherlands Court Case;  Farmers in the UK; Euthanasia in the UK; Abortion in Australia; the fall of the Archbishop of Canterbury; Child Abuse in Yorkshire and New Zealand; and Feedback  with music from Metallica, Lee Greenwood, Bayati Shiraz, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton and Larry Norman. 

This week we examine the astonishing result of the US election and what it means for the world; who voted for Trump?  Kamala's Concession; Why elitist commentators like Rory Stewart got it wrong; The Influence of Rogan and Musk; Weirdness and Joylessness; Is WW3 now less likely?  Abortion and Peter Dutton; Is Kemi Badenoch a 'white supremacist in black face'?  Country of the week - Botswana; Is Trump God's Answer? with music from Quincy Jones, the Cure, Weird Al Jankovic, the Grateful Dead, and Ross King....

This week we look at what it means to disagree with logic; the Southport attack was an Islamist terrorist attack; the US Election - religion and taking out the garbage; John Cleese; China flys to the Moon; the Japanese election; Country of the Week - Georgia; Spanish floods; Volkswagen shuts factories in Germany; Kings Charles visits St Thomas's Anglican with music from Supertramp; Alice Cooper; Musk Ming; the Beatles; and City Alight.

This week we reflect on what real Fascism is - and its dangers.  The attack on free speech with John Kerry;  Antifa Blackshirts; Trump at McDonalds;  No questions at Harris's Town Hall event; Kamala's Money;  UK Labour, Alex Cole-Hamilton and election interference;  Country of the Week - Moldova; Romanian Orthodox chants;  Yahwa Sinar;  Chris Kaba; Prison Release; Lydia Thorpes anti King protest; George Carlin; Union head speaks against abortion at Catholic University; 24 Scottish genders; Jordan Peterson at ARC;  Peterson and Dawkins; the Archbishop of Canterbury denies biblical marriage; with music from Schindlers List, Abba; Romanian Orthodox; Lynyrd Skynrd; Fun Boy Three and the Gettys.