American philosopher, debater and Christian apologist William Lane Craig has been getting attention for Richard Dawkins‘ refusal to debate him. Craig’s Oxford debate has been publicised with a bus campaign stating ‘There’s probably no Dawkins‘. It’s a funny and clever riff on the atheist bus campaign, and good publicity for William Lane Craig’s Reasonable Faith debate tour. Dawkins is […]
By any human measure, Steve Jobs’ life was an incredible success. Co-founder of Apple, former owner of Pixar, a visionary who transformed computing, the music industry, mobile phones and much more. And then he died, aged only 56. Jobs was suffering from pancreatic cancer, and his death at such a relatively early age is deeply […]
Originally printed in Gair Rhydd, 28th April 2011. There are three kinds of lies, the saying goes: lies, damned lies and statistics. One statistic has proved particularly controversial: the 2001 census found that 72% of the population described themselves as “Christian”. With the 2011 census, the fight is on to get it changed. “If you’re […]
I’m always excited to see Christians engaging with contemporary issues, so I was very pleased to see that Evangelical Alliance Wales are launching the Cymru Institute for Contemporary Christianity (CICC for short – “Cymru” means “Wales” in Welsh, by the way). Kicking off CICC, a series of events was held across Wales, including a Question […]
One of the items in the news recently that I’ve been particularly interested in is the elections in Zimbabwe. Back home in North Wales, I know a family through church who fled the country because of the troubles there, and so it’s recent woes have all the more immediacy for me knowing some of those […]
Gordon Brown ruled out an early General Election today, ending weeks of speculation. But this game of political chicken, designed to unsettled the Conservative party, has backfired on the Prime Minister, with this decision now seeming like a climbdown. A November election was never a likely prospect, and only the ephemeral highs of mid-conference polls […]
(Originally written for Gair Rhydd when Saddam was sentenced, reposted here in light of his execution) An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Saddam Hussein’s life for the 148 lives taken by him in the town of Dujail back in 1982. In the face of such evil, might we this once consider […]
Hurricane Katrina. What can be said that isn’t woefully inadequate? The death and destruction is mind-boggling, and for it to happen in America is a painful reminder of the frailty of our illusions of invulnerability. So much pain and suffering. How can you respond to something like that? How could you comprehend its enormity and […]
Unfortunately, my article for Gair Rhydd on whether Britain should have a monarchy was torpedoed somewhat by the news that Prince Charles and Camilla are going to marry, which was announced on Thursday just around the time of the deadlines for the paper, though I didn’t hear about it until later and since I’ve lost […]