Michael Shaw

The three questions to ask if a Christian Nationalist talks about Sharia Law:

Do you believe that all moral truth comes from God?

Do you believe that religious principles should influence our laws?

Do you believe in traditional family structures including marriage and gender roles?

Taking the Bible literally doesn't mean you are taking it seriously

"Peter Mandelson lost his job for being friends with a paedophile. Donald Trump, who was friends with the same paedophile, was given a state banquet hosted by a King whose brother lost his job because he was friends with the same paedophile.“

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

I see what you are saying and my comment is not a rule of salvation

China has been hit with huge tariffs, why should they care about the Soya bean farmers, who voted for the man who imposed them

And, of course, many of the "fans" left before the end, instead of applauding their team

The Ryder Cup reveals so much about the American psyche, and explains so much

Their players struggle to play as a team and often think they are better than they are

Their fans are rude, obnoxious and ignorant, and lack basic etiquette

But Angela Raynor....

Decades? Really?

There are no examples in any of the four Gospels of where Jesus gave an alter call.

Jesus said, "Follow me," because he was going to model a new way of living!

He was not offering a hell avoidance scheme but a full life plan!

Dickie Bird, Danny Thompson and Ray Simpson all passed away this week.

It's a weird trinity that combines my interests in:

Cricket
Folk Music
Celtic Christianity

This is also true....

Maybe we should spend less energy on predicting the "Rapture" (which Jesus said even he didn't know the date of)

And more time extending the Kingdom of God, especially among the poor?

I find it very telling that when Christian Nationalists try to justify their actions, they selectively quote the Old Testament or Paul, but hardly ever quote the Gospels..

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

I suspect what we do in the bedroom is more important to Christians than God.

I think God is more interested in justice for the poor

God is only interested in what we do in the bedroom, when what we do in the bedroom is abusive, coercive, and exploitative

"Fight back or you die"
Elon Musk

"Love your enemies" Jesus

There is no Woke Agenda

It's just being kind.

Funny. Right wing Christians, who for years have been telling liberal/progressive churches to stick to the Gospel, not cultural issues

Are now asking why churches weren't talking enough about Charlie Kirk!

Weird

Vote Reform get a failed Tory

It's increasingly obvious that Reform are not an anti-establisment party, but the establishment wearing a different hat (or rosette)

YouTube video by Incarnate Michael Shaw field of dreams

Some thoughts on Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams:

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If God "saved" Donald Trump when someone tried to kill him....

Where was God yesterday, when a shooter took the life of Charlie Kirk?

Maybe if they didn't allow weapons to be available with such ease, that policeman would not have had to?

Good News As a young Christian, I was taught that the Gospel was a simple transaction: I was a sinner, destined for hell, but Jesus had died for me so I could now go to Heaven.

Salvation, inclusion, good news and poverty

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Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

There is a clear link between racism and violence and misogyny

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Michael Eavis: people who disagree with Glastonbury’s politics can go elsewhere This year’s festival is expected to be politically charged with focus on Middle East tensions and Kneecap controversy The founder of Glastonbury, Michael Eavis, has said anyone who does not agree with the politics of the festival “can go somewhere else”. Glastonbury, which has a history of political activism, opened on Wednesday and is set to be especially charged this year, with performances, talks and installations taking aim at big tech, campaigning for free speech, tackling the climate emergency and calling for action on a range of social and political issues. Continue reading...

Michael Eavis: people who disagree with Glastonbury’s politics can go elsewhere

Religion:

Stones prophets
Ignores mystics
Silences victims
Seeks power
Justifies violence
And
Hoards money