Writing from Andrew Carter
Essays
Occasional writing on worldview, culture, and the Christian mind — drawn from an eight-year archive.
Browse by theme: Worldview · Culture · Sexuality & Identity · Judeo-Christian Heritage
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Worldview and Apologetics Catechism
I have found that a helpful way to teach my children is through simple question and answer memorisation. I taught my children basic Christian doctrine using this method. It worked so well that I decided to write a worldview/apologetics’ catechism…
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Black Lives Matter
Until now, and following the despicable killing of George Floyd, I’ve purposely held off stepping into the Black Lives Matter (BLM) debate. Opinions are so polarised and for many supporters of BLM, a white European male cannot possibly understand the…
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The Corona Virus: What would Schaeffer say?
“And now we must ask where we evangelicals have been in the battle for truth and morality in our culture…Have we even been aware that there is a battle going on – not just a heavenly battle, but a life-and-death…
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The Roots of our Parliamentary Democracy
On Thursday I took my children to London to visit The Houses of Parliament. Once we’d found a path through all the crowds of remainers and leavers waving their respective EU and UK flags, we entered the education centre and…
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Two Views of Sexuality
Two Views of Sexuality This is the script for a message I gave last week at the New Life Conference in Shropshire, UK. It’s my best reflections on the huge issue of human sexuality and in particular the widening gap…
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Transgender and the Road to Absurdity
I remember teaching one class in Uganda: I was explaining how in the West some people were switching genders. It was a hard idea to get across in a context where people were still struggling to believe that anyone would…
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Unpacking Political Correctness
Understanding the times is always important. Ideas and cultural trends are extremely powerful, and the less we’re aware of them, the greater the likelihood they’ll capture our thinking and shape our lives. Moreover, the ability of ideas to unwittingly…
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The Fatal Mistake of Rejecting the Words of Our Creator
Reading the news over recent months, I’ve been struck by the number of stories pointing to a deep crisis of identity, purpose and meaning in British society. Here are just a few headlines from the BBC’s website: ‘I’m surrounded by…
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Helping our Children ask, ‘What’s the worldview?’
In August 2016 I was speaking at a Christian conference in Devon, UK. I’d been given the task of saying something about the role of apologetics in the believer’s life. In my talk I touched on the need for Christian…
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Challenging The New Morality
On 15th November it was announced that the majority of Australians had voted in a referendum supporting the introduction of a bill into Parliament legalising same-sex marriage. The result was not a surprise and came in a long line of…