In this podcast we consider a question which we need to ask: is it too late for the Western world? Have things gone past a point of no return? Christians need not be pessimistic but we need to be realistic about the scale of the problem.

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It's been a very busy week for me, so the podcast this week is a brief round-up of news and things I've seen over the last week or so.

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A special new year podcast looking backwards to the Reformation and seeing if there are any lessons as to what the 2024 Reformation might look like. In particular we think about justification by faith and how we need to recover this doctrine in the 21st century.

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This is my manifesto for 2024. Given everything bad that's happening in the world, what can we do? Can we make a difference, and how?

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It's no secret that the secular version of Christmas has been evacuated of any real meaning. But is the version the church is presenting any better?

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It's no secret that Western foreign policy doesn't seem to be working very well. The West is in a weaker state than it has been, and it keeps getting worse. What's going wrong, and what can be done about it?

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In this podcast we look at World War Three. We start by thinking about Niall Ferguson's comments about being in a second cold war, the possibility of that turning into a 'hot war', and how it seems to be a battle of ideologies. We then look at Ayaan Hirsi Ali's comments about why she is now a Christian to see what the West needs to do.

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We are constantly being encouraged to take sides: in wars - e.g. Israel / Palestine, Russia / Ukraine - as well as in moral issues such as the Russell Brand affair. But whose side should we take? Is it right for us to take sides? What does the Bible have to say? In this podcast we look at Mike Ovey's essay "Victim Chic: The Rhetoric of Victimhood" to help us understand.

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In this podcast we think about how the situation in Israel is like a microcosm of the West. We think about Christian Zionism and the relation to the history of the West, and what things might look like for the future. We also look at a few links - see below - and finish with a reflection on Psalm 96.

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A shorter podcast today with a round-up of the news from the last week. We look at Victoria's Secret and the relationship between men and women; the way that rules are used (or abused) today; an open letter from Palestinian Christians to the West; the similarity of the Ukraine war with the situation in Israel / Palestine; and the role of Islam.

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