Hello everyone and a very happy new year to you all!
2024 was a fascinating and perhaps troubling year. The UK and US both saw elections – the Labour party are now in power in Britain, and have already made several very controversial and unpopular decisions. Over in America, Donald Trump was elected to serve as President for the 2nd time, to the delight of many and the horror of many others.
Whatever your own views – whether you favour one party or candidate or whether you don’t see any hope in any of them – it seems clear that politics has gripped (and polarised) both of our nations in a way it may not have done for many years.
As Christians, it may be tempting for us to engage in the political discourse, to see one party or candidate as the shining hope – or maybe just the least disastrous option – for our nation’s future. In a culture that’s increasingly obsessed with politics, it can be very easy to become consumed by it and pour our time and energy and hope into the people we trust the most.
The polarising effect of politics can also lead us to feel increasingly distant from those on the opposing side(s) of an argument, to view them as ‘other’, to see them as stupid or evil. This is true regardless of where on the political spectrum your views might lie: left, right or somewhere in the middle.
It shouldn’t be like that.
Faith in Jesus Christ is explicitly meant to unite people across whatever divides might exist in society, whether class or wealth or gender or race or political views (see for example Galatians 3:26-29).
Unfortunately the Western world is under the sway of ideologies which only worsen these divides, whether it’s extreme right-wing ideology which suggests that people of a certain race or gender, for example, are superior to others, or extreme left-wing ideology which insists that the dominant social group is always the oppressor while the weaker one is always the victim, no matter the specifics of what’s just happened in a particular situation.
The Bible makes it clear that Christians should not expect human leaders or parties to save us or fix all of the world’s problems (see for example Psalm 146).
Our faith should be, and should ONLY be, in God.
That being so, my plan for this blog throughout 2025 will be to take a closer look at exactly who and what God is – and isn’t – from a Biblical perspective.
Each week I’ll aim to add a new post, alternating between “God is…” and “God is not…” as we go on.
We’ll start next week at the very beginning of the Bible, in Genesis, and consider what it means to say “God is…a creator”.
I hope you’ll follow this new series and enjoy reading it!
Nihilist to Christian 
During my life I have been asked by friends and relatives who I will be voting for when elections come round. I have always said that modern day politicians are very selfish they do not serve the people, they are there to get what they can for their own benefit.
I have also said that my vote for a true government and world leader has already been cast on the day of my baptism. I want the government of God and his son Jesus to rule and govern the world. I know that when this happens we will live in peace and safety when the Lord gives us the gift of life if it is his will.
The look on peoples faces of confusion is great to see and also leaves the subject of Gods ruling the world open for them to ask and hopefully understand that this is the only way
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