Warning: Spoilers for Stranger Things 4, Volume 1.
Let me put it like this: if you didn’t enjoy Nightmare on Elm Street, you’re going to find the first episode of Stranger Things 4 a little challenging.
What an opportunity! What a gift from above! It’s hardly ever going to be easier to begin a conversation about values, beliefs, faith in general, and Christianity in particular than in the next two weeks.
Societies, and indeed generations, are most open to the gospel when they cannot provide cogent answers to the questions people are asking. So thought Professor Andrew Walls, the great mission historian. And that in broad terms is where British society finds itself.
The horrific events of recent weeks have caused Christians in Ukraine to reflect on what it means to be a follower of Jesus in a time of war. For my Ukrainian friends, words such as ‘discipleship’ and ‘mission’ have taken on new meanings.