There are those who want to see Western society destroyed. They regard it as patriarchal, capitalist, immoral, racist and unjust. The sooner it is gone the better. But they find it far easier t o destruct than construct. What would they replace it with – other than some fantasy Utopia which no one has ever been able to manage?
But from a Christian perspective – why should we care about the West? We are about the whole world – not just one part of it. Surely, we are not claiming that one part of this world is more Christian?
In one sense we are. As Vishnal Mangalwadi points out in his book The Book That Made Your World, the West was largely founded upon Christian values and biblical foundations. For those of us who are Christians who care about the world, and the glory of God within it, we should care. It may be that the 21st century will, in church terms, be the age of Asia and Africa, but that does not mean we should be blasé about the demise of the first continent to be brought to Christ.
Didn’t we have a lovely euthanasia debate…
There were several things about the recent debate in the House of Commons on euthanasia which were revelatory of where …