When the moon is in the seventh house And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius (from the smash–hit musical HAIR, 1967) The eschatological musings of Aquarian gurus concerning the dawning of a New spiritually–pagan Age can […]
40: Geo–Politics, Pagan Spirituality, and the Scandal of Gospel Witness
At truthXchange, we take seriously the notion of a pagan planet and of the need for Christian witness to it. Such witness becomes more difficult as Christians discover the all–encompassing planetary nature of our world. As they say, a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the globe and a violent storm arises on […]
34: God Save the Queen
Having been raised in the cultural center of the universe-Liverpool, England-and having taught among the Gauls for 18 years in the South of France, I keep my eye on Europe. In the UK, a new Government education policy requires the teaching of “multiculturalism” in every subject. Multiculturalism takes many forms. Christians in the UK, as […]
25: The Global Church
I write this newsletter from Cape Town, South Africa, a most beautiful country with enormous social problems. I have lectured in all kinds of churches here; various types of Baptist churches, some charismatic churches, independent Bible churches, and many different kinds of Anglican churches, some “in communion” with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican […]
From the Blog
Beto, We Love You
by Dr. Peter Jones | October 18, 2019Reality stares us in the face. It broke open the other night when Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke stated without hesitation, for the first time in a national public forum, that if elected president he would call for the elimination of tax exemption for all religious groups—churches, schools and religious charities—who failed to honor the […]
Confronting Neo-Paganism Part 3
by Dr. Peter Jones | September 26, 2019The Christian Response A. Make Clear the Issues of Cosmology Christian theologians, in this time of great confusion, must define the timeless struggle in order to establish essential theological clarity. The ultimate choice is not between the old and the new, the traditional and the progressive, the cool and the uncool, the modern and the […]