This is the last video I’ll post for a while.  I’ve written an actual post I’ll put up tonight or tomorrow, but I couldn’t resist putting this up.  This is the Bishop of Durham of the Church of England speaking on the relationship of faith and politics in an ever increasing secular global community.  I really like what he says.  One of the more cogent, balanced, and nuanced articulations of this issue that has way too many Americans baffled.  Keep watching towards the end where he talks about America as an empire like Britain was.  This is so good!

By the way, for all you Christians up on the whole N.T. Wright theological controversies, I do hope this helps reiterate that which we keep forgetting: he is defintiely still on our team.  We need to stop attacking him wholesale and pushing him to the fringes as some “liberal” theologian.  I do think he is wrong on some things, but he’s so solid on most everything else.  He is perhaps one of our most respected scholars and theologians and one of our few spokesmen that carries any sort of respect and credibility on the world stage.  As Paul says: “Let love be genuine.  Abhor what is evil, hold fast to what is good.”  Enjoy.