This book reinterprets the ancient paradigm of the three enemies of the soul for the modern age.

The gospel is the church’s most precious gift to cherish, protect, and pass on. We must never stop checking what we believe and preach and then ask the question: Is this the gospel?

An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 3: Consider Sabbath.

An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 2: Optimisation and Fragility. What is the “cult of efficiency” doing to our humanity?

An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 1: What are we aiming for when we optimise? Do we even count the costs? What does it mean to live a good life?

Chesterton's ‘Orthodoxy’ is a treatise on the origins of pleasure. Where does joy stem from? What is the heartbeat of pleasure? What are its origins in our world?

Burnout represents the pathological consequence of voluntary self-exploitation.

Being tired is not the problem; the problem is that the kind of tiredness that our society brews is one of exhaustion.

Han writes: "Multitasking is commonplace among wild animals. It is an attentive technique indispensable for survival in the wilderness. That is why animals are incapable of contemplative immersion.”

As the digital is a medium of projection, “people no longer consider themselves subjects that are cast under a general law but as self-designing—self-casting and, indeed, self-optimizing—projects”.

'Homo digitalis' uses his finger (his digit) to interact with the world. Above all, the finger counts. Either he is always counting and calculating, or else he is always being counted and calculated.

Social media is a medium of immediate presence. As representation is giving way to online presence, the swarm enters, dissolving old limitations at its own peril.

Byung-Chul Han, the Korean-German thinker, offers us a stark contrast: pursue the fleeting outrage that is amplified online, at the peril of our democracy or re-integrate discourse, urgently.

Should we save beauty or could we be saved by it?

Third plenary session from the November 2020 Cross-Current conference. Living with purpose from 2 Corinthians chapters 4 & 5. Contributions from Os Guinness, Vinoth Ramachandra and Tim Vickers

Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t possibly get any worse, up pops Pat Robertson on his daily TV show, The 700 Club, to tell us what God has exclusively revealed to him...

How to engage with people holding various worldviews in a way which is relevant to them and true to the Gospel.

The imperative behind the recognition of the worth of black lives isn’t beholden to the news agenda. The force behind the statement is to be found in the very nature of God.

I am not comfortable with broken things, but I am confronted by them every day. 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

Will the Covid-19 crisis spell a return to “business as usual” on the part of politicians, bankers and economic “expert"’ or will it lead to change in the world's economic and financial systems?

The pandemic has revealed our status quo in relationships. Our high tempo lives were abruptly paused, the regular noise went on mute. We stayed face to face with whatever treasures we really possessed

A bittersweet reflection.

Reflections on how a pandemic affects how we live and how we relate to others. By Shuk Ling Chan from the Cultural Influencers Group.

Only through acknowledging that we do not have control, can we really begin to depend on Christ, and put our trust and our life in Him.

Behind the rise of populism and polarisation in Western politics and societies, experts agree that its roots are to be found in a major crisis of trust.

“The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” is an important work: a landmark describing the massive, shadowy forces that are driving much of the Digital Revolution in the West.

Whatever worldview I hold, I must remind myself that an attitude of humility as a working frame of reference is required. We can’t understand total reality. This book introduces us to this humility.

McGilchrist charts the human brain, along with a sweep of the making of the Western World, in a staggering 500-page treatise, which reads much like a thriller.

Esther Meek suggests that our first knowledge as human beings is the knowledge of being loved. This first knowledge, she suggests, is paradigmatic for all of our knowing.

This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of Western culture.

How do you want to look back from your undying lands one day on how you lived in the days of corona in that year 2020?

The last 20s were known as “free-wheeling” and “carefree” and “spirit-full”, times of hope and hardship, and times of global transformation as well. What will the 2020s be like?

“On the first mountain you tend to be ambitious, strategic, and independent. On the second mountain you tend to be relational, intimate, and relentless.” David Brooks

When diverging opinion turns into fistfights, fire and fury, is it a sign that we have gone too far? What can Christians offer to better deal with differences and diversity?

The current zeitgeist says loud and clear; "the journey is the destination". Why are we even travelling? How are we trying to find who we are? Maybe the story is more important than the journey.

Epistemology simply means the 'theory of knowledge' – we could reduce it (simplistically) to know-how. Ontology is 'dealing with the nature of being'. But what if epistemology is the new ontology?

AI – or artificial intelligence – is defined as ‘an area of computer science that emphasises the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans’.