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A corrective to reductionist religion and atheism
A fascinating conversation
An evangelical hypothesis
Beginning to blog
Closing reflections on Dunbar’s “Friends”
Dealing with critical feedback of church and Christianity
Demons and spiritual forces
Direct simplicity and intriguing depths
Discipleship: weird cultishness or inevitable reality
Distance and friendship
Does McGilchrist provide good scientific evidence for the thesis in The Master and his Emissary?
Dunbar’s number and church size and organisation
Feeling doubts yet strong in faith
Freedom of association: the forgotten foundation for a free society
Friendship groups and class/ power
Friendship- Dunbar vs Lewis
Friendships and protection from abuse
Further thoughts on evangelicalism as a protestant renewal movement
God’s word and wisdom
Hemisphere order of processing inputs and implications for Bible interpretation
How does hemisphere difference help us understand some problems in the modern world?
How friendship group size and health affects conversion
How we “bond” each other without touching
Implications for church community of people having distinct and stable friendship structures
Introduction to ‘Friends’ by Robin Dunbar
Introduction to The Master and his Emissary
Is there such a thing as “Christian music” if there are no words?
Mental Health and Your Church: Drugs and Talking Therapies
Mental Health and your church: Helen Thorne and Dr Steve Midgley
New opportunities and dangers for the church
Notes from “Mental Health and Your Church”: What can we do?
Other thoughts on Mental Health and Your Church
Pushing back the chaos monster
Questioning the evidence
Reflections on The Rule of Saint Benedict
Should leaders be “vulnerable”?
The definition and value of friendship
The importance of friends having something in common
The importance of time for friendship
The problem of monofocus
The problem with fairness
The Secret Place of Thunder John Starke
What is wrong with us as a country?
Why left-hemisphere perception is helpful
Why McGilchrist is wrong on the reformation
Why read Neuroscience books as a Christian?
You are not your own by Alan Noble

Tag: Politics

Why it is a problem if you can’t distinguish between Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate

In the modern world, we will all be getting our own diet of news and articles served up the algorithms. Or if you mostly avoid online (and how have you read this blogpost if so) you'll get the news of your newspapers or TV shows. So I don't assume everyone will have heard of either … Continue reading Why it is a problem if you can’t distinguish between Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate →

joshmont2017 Uncategorized 1 Comment March 17, 2025 4 Minutes

Freedom of association: the forgotten foundation for a free society

There are high profile campaigning groups for freedom of speech, and in the US a well known constitutional right to it. But many people have barely heard of freedom of association. So what is it, and why is it so important. Article 11 of the 1998 Human Rights Act declares that it is a right: … Continue reading Freedom of association: the forgotten foundation for a free society →

joshmont2017 Uncategorized Leave a comment December 19, 2023 2 Minutes

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