defending our faith
Social media apologetics after Trump
Chris Sinkinson
There is no doubt that social media and online platforms have provided opportunities for public witness and evangelism like never before.
In February 2004 Mark Zuckerburg launched Facebook, originally as a way of keeping in touch with friends; it quickly became a tool for sharing news, information and ideas.
Trump win: gospel triumph or tragedy?
Luke Randall & Emily Pollok
Evangelicals across the United States and beyond are reacting to Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, with some believing he will protect religious freedoms. Others fear he will promote radical nationalism.
Trump has always portrayed himself as the candidate who would best protect Christians, and according to an NBC News exit poll, evangelicals in America played a crucial role in Trump’s victory; about 80% of white evangelicals voted for him, along with 67% of Latino evangelicals and 14% of black evangelicals.
'You can’t bomb knowledge': Gospel & geopolitics in Iran
Over the weekend, the US conducted bombing strikes by air on three sites of nuclear infrastructure in Iran.
President Trump lauded the operation as a "spectacular military success" against the "world’s number one state sponsor of terror", claiming that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities had been "completely and totally obliterated".