Christian Controverser: US Voter Suppression Tied To Race. Questions For Churches’ Political Alignments?

First published on Christian Controverser This blog has no desire to become a commentary on American politics in general and it is firmly intended to steer future posts away from this topic and concentrate mainly on theology; it is unavoidable, however, that the present political situation in the US is inextricably entangled within the evangelical… Continue reading Christian Controverser: US Voter Suppression Tied To Race. Questions For Churches’ Political Alignments?

Christian Controverser: “Trump Is Anointed By God” – White Evangelicals Claim – As They Call For Election Reversal

First published on Christian Controverser Back in a previous post on this blog the idea was floated that evangelical leaders had decided Trump was anointed / appointed by God to his role as US president, this was predicated on the strong language being used by these leaders to describe what would happen if Trump was… Continue reading Christian Controverser: “Trump Is Anointed By God” – White Evangelicals Claim – As They Call For Election Reversal

Christian Controverser: US Christian Nationalism Politics Splits America, Church [1]

First published on Christian Controverser The Southern Baptist Convention is facing substantial backlash after six white seminary presidents met and issued a resolution denouncing Critical Race Theory, a “theoretical social sciences framework that examines society and culture as they relate to categorisations of race, law and power” (Wikipedia definition). CRT is something of a red… Continue reading Christian Controverser: US Christian Nationalism Politics Splits America, Church [1]

Christian Controverser: US Christian Nationalism Politics Splits America, Church [2]

First published on Christian Controverser This is a really quick update to the first blog post about this subject. Delving into the subject in Google has turned up quite a bit more stuff, and whilst this post will be shorter than the last one, the additional information is really pertinent to this topic. Firstly, Ed… Continue reading Christian Controverser: US Christian Nationalism Politics Splits America, Church [2]

Christian Controverser: US Christian Nationalism Politics Splits America, Church [3]

First published on Christian Controverser Everyone’s seen the disturbing unfolding of seditious political insurrection at the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6. There’s no real need to go over that here, the main concern for this blog is the fatal attraction that the outgoing administration has held for evangelical Christianity in America and… Continue reading Christian Controverser: US Christian Nationalism Politics Splits America, Church [3]

Christian Converser: Discipleship and Discipline

First published on Christian Converser As Christians we are sometimes known as “disciples of Christ”. We of course get that word from its use in the Bible, where in the four Gospels it referred to Jesus’ core team of 12. Dictionary.com lists “disciple” with four definitions, the first three of which are related to Bible… Continue reading Christian Converser: Discipleship and Discipline

Christian Converser: Refocus

First published on Christian Converser In July 2020, part of the Christian Events NZ site was migrated to a new one called Christian Converser, which you are reading now. This incorporates a few articles from the Christian Events NZ site. The CENZ site continues to run and receives redirected traffic from the christianevents.nz domain. However… Continue reading Christian Converser: Refocus