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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Reaching the Secular West
For those of us committed to global mission, it’s helpful to note that in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, Paul shaped his message in the light of the context that he was speaking into. For example, when…
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Stealing from Christianity: Racial Equality and the Christian Memory
Last month’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia have been a sad reminder as to how racial hatreds can quickly spring up within a society. White supremacists – with their hatred of non-whites – have rightly drawn condemnation from across the political…
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Challenging Pride
Challenge Pride? Does anyone dare in the times we’re living through? If there’s one social issue that dominates western society today, it’s the issue of LGBT or increasingly LGBTQIAPK (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Polygamous/polyamorous, Kink)! I’ll use LGBT for…
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Living in Days of Terror, Multiculturalism and the Decline of Christian Britain
I awoke on Sunday morning to news of another terrorist incident in the UK, the third in as many months. First the attack on Westminster Bridge, then the suicide bombing at the Manchester arena and finally Saturday night’s killing spree at…
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Reflecting on the Confusions of the BBC
The BCC Website is one of several places I go to for news. If I were so inclined I could tune into BBC World Service; it is broadcast on FM in Kampala. If I had a television, BBC World is…
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A Biblical View of History
At the African Bible University I constantly have to remind my students that every subject studied can be understood in a God-denying or a God-honouring way. Whether it’s physics or economics or mathematics or law or music, it makes no…
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The Intolerance of Tolerance
Twenty years ago now I was studying for a postgraduate certificate in education. Most of my fellow-students were considerably older than me, often at the beginning of a second career. As was the fashion in those days, the course began…
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Lost Philosophers Create Lost Sheep
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” Matthew 9:36 Studying the works of Francis Schaeffer (1912-84) for my PhD is proving to be an inspirational exercise. …