Mr Foot's Articles

It has been said that there are three topics of conversation one should avoid: sex, politics, and religion.  People take offense, become emotional, irrational, and extreme when discussing these topics. I find offensive many of the popular worldly views on these topics.  Prepare to be offended by my views.

The world tells us that sex is purely a physical act to be enjoyed all the time, when, where and with whom one pleases.  The world makes sex into a violent act of animal conquest where people are nothing but objects of pleasure to be used and discarded.  Anything goes as long as you wear a condom. 

This message produces a culture devoid of real intimacy, riddled with sexual diseases, and filled with broken hearts.  Incidentally, the rate of STIs is skyrocketing amongst the over 50s, and condoms don’t protect your heart either.

I strongly believe that real physical, emotional, and spiritual intimacy can only exist when a man and woman come together as one in marriage.  This unpopular view is under attack by militant groups, relativistic humanists and fickle politicians.  History tells us that when marriage and the family disintegrate, so does society.

Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem, Green, Mebyon Kernow or Monster Raving Loony, whatever your political flavour, politicians should defend ideas that build strong communities as well as serve society selflessly, honestly and with integrity.  Instead, personal gain, celebrity status, zeitgeist and relativism dominate the political agenda of the nation.

Relativism dominates faith conversations as well.  And I am fed up with the relativistiv views of the trinity of hot Christian issues: homosexuality, evolution and abortion.  These issues are clear in my mind.

God loves people but hates sin.  Just remember there is a consequence for how you live your life.  God created the world. Theistic evolution, six-day creation, or otherwise, the timeline and means are not an issue for me.  God values life.  Life is precious not disposable.

In my view, the most important question is what came first the bunny or the chocolate egg? A strange question perhaps, but does anyone else find the Easter bunny a strange way to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus?  I like rabbits, eggs and chocolate but struggle to connect my faith with Easter egg hunts and jelly beans.

Rabbits symbolise fertility, eggs represent new life, and the word Easter comes from a pagan goddess.  Other Easter traditions have more to do with what Jesus accomplished on the cross.

Many families eat lamb on Good Friday and attend sunrise services on Easter Sunday.  The lamb speaks of the blood sacrifice that Jesus, the lamb of God, made on the cross for our sins. Jesus death on the cross happened at the same time that the Jewish people sacrificed their passover lambs.

This reminded the Jewish nation that God passed over their homes when the plague of the first born sons descended on Egypt.  Most of the Jewish nation missed the significance of Christ’s death and resurrection.  Have you?

Attending sunrise services on Easter Sunday reminds us that Christ rose from the dead on the third day, that He is risen and will return again.  There exists abundant historical evidence for this truth. 

But do not let me, your family, friends, priest, the media, Richard Dawkins, or anyone else decide for you. Do not avoid this conversation, investigate Jesus for yourself, scrutinize the evidence, read the Bible, decide for yourself and have a Happy Easter.