Research Associate Peter King reports on the recent German Kirchentag in Nürnberg and the challenges he brings home from it.
Now is the Time!
Bottom of the Well Theology: A Christian Perspective from Ukraine
Roman Soloviy reflects from ‘the bottom of the well’ considering the conflict in Ukraine from a Ukrainian Evangelical perspective.
In the Presence of Whose Enemies?
An exploration by Research Student Carolyn Whitnall of the song ‘Raise a Hallelujah’ in its role during the #LetUsWorship ‘protest tour’ arranged by Sean Feucht.
The Jealous god of Nationalism
Nowadays there is preached and practised a twofold doctrine, (1) that each nationality should constitute a united independent sovereign state, and (2) that every national state should expect and require of its citizens not only unquestioning obedience and supreme loyalty, not
Psalm 33 – ‘Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord’
In this guest blog, Steve Langton considers the interpretation of Psalm 33 and its use to justify the idea of ‘Christian country’ or ‘state church’.
Making Peace in a Violent & Fragmented World
Research Associate Peter King invites us to consider how the recent Declaration on the “Russian World” Teaching of the Russian Orthodox Church might speak to our own context.
Hopelessness in the Wilderness of War
In this guest post, Will Moore shares his sermon on Lent, preached on 6th March 2022.
A Violent Fast
This sermon on Isaiah 58 was preached by CSBV director Helen Paynter during Lent of 2022.
National Churches & Trans-National God
Research associate Peter King considers the role of the national church in contributing to nationalism, and offers practical solutions for the church to instead reflect a trans-national God.
Signs of Contradiction
Shouldn’t a revolution … differ vastly, in action and feeling, from the forces it seeks to dismantle ? Kathleen Alcott, America Was Hard To Find (Harper Collins, Ecco, 2019), p. 227 Today is the 77th anniversary of the failed July