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Introduction

These commentaries are the result of my personal experience and study. They reflect my perspective on Christian doctrine—the narrative that shapes a believer’s faith—and how that narrative influences our ability to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. Today, Christianity often seems disconnected from the broader cultural conversation—reduced, in many ways, to an inconvenient subculture that increasingly grapples with spiritual diversity and social identity. This growing irrelevance raises a pressing question: why has the Church drifted so far from meaningful engagement with society? What concerns me most is how rarely this issue is addressed. Leadership from the pulpit is more focused on the organisation of the institution itself—an oversight that, in my view, has a direct and damaging effect on the health of the Church.

About Me

My earliest experiences were shaped, but not led, by a Christian view of life—a position that continued for 40 years before I made a personal decision to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. In 2001, I was part of a leadership team that welcomed a new Pastor to our Church. Not long after, we were confronted with a series of theological and relational challenges that ultimately split the congregation in two. It took three subsequent Pastors and many years for the Church to heal from this division. I still recall the sadness, anger, and disillusionment that followed—the sense of confusion—the lingering weight of unanswered questions. Through that experience, I realised two things—that I knew very little about why I believed; and second, that whatever I did know wasn’t truly my own.

My Latest Commentary

Trevor Strange Trevor Strange

Victims of Social Engineering

I never imagined seeing the day that New Zealanders so easily capitulated to the demands of socialism. New Zealand stands at a crossroads of political, cultural, and social disorder, where liberties and freedoms are being taken away with little resistance. We're told these measures are temporary and the economy is better than anticipated, yet the damage is clear in all areas of society and highlighted as economic constraints continue unabated. Could it be that those in charge are taking advantage of a pandemic to advance social reforms that most see, but appear unwilling to confront? Right now the pandemic itself is somewhat irrelevant, as the conversation divides into those who worship the woman of all truth, and those who see the empress with no clothes. The language surrounding the young, the vulnerable, rights and freedoms, cultural activism, the unvaccinated, and now the enforcement of mandates, are far more dangerous to the fabric of civil society. No one benefits from engineering equality of outcomes, its ideological theft, ask those in Venezuela. Those who consciously reduce themselves to victims within a free and democratic society are at best naïve, but mostly they refuse to acknowledge that rights come with responsibility, and as a consequence will likely suffer more under any form of socialism because equal outcomes for all, is an illusion created by greed. Under the guise of a pandemic, the mother of truth has facilitated division within New Zealand society, and the undertones of resentment simmer across many conversations.

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