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Sermon: Being wowsers, do-gooders, virtue signallers, etc
Here at the beginning of the new year we are reminded of the imperative to live out our faith by doing good, knowing that this will sometimes be misunderstood, and that we will sometimes be called names. But if we are, if people accuse us of being wowsers or do-gooders, of being woke or virtue signalling, of being hypocrites or of endorsing a particular sort of politicised virtuous liberalism, we can still rejoice. Continue reading
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Tagged Anne of Green Gables, do-gooder, Matthew 25:31-46, New Year, Revelation 21:1-6a, virtue signalling, woke, wowser
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For the newsletter: Let your light shine
Have you heard of ‘virtue signalling? The British journalist and author James Bartholomew claims to have coined it in The Spectator in 2015 after realising that Victorians gave much more to charity than contemporary British people do. He says that … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, Christmas, Christmas Bowl, do-gooders, giving, Uniting, virtue signalling, wowsers
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