The Christian Bookshops Blog

Even in Christian Bookshops. Not directly, I’m sure, and probably not under the counter in brown paper bags either,  though I’m told that when Alan Mann & Steve Chalke’s book The Lost Message of Jesus began to attract controversy, some Christian Bookshops resorted to such measures. Christians are, indeed, a very peculiar people.

Christianity Magazine, February 2009

But what I’m talking about here is the latest (February 2009) issue of Christianity Magazine, with its editorial and lead article looking at the question of Internet Porn:

• John Buckeridge, Dirty Secrets
• Martin Saunders, Gagged and Bound

Normally at the LST Bookshop we have several copies left over at the end of the month and end up selling them off cheap when the next issue comes in. This time around — just one week into February — we’ve sold out already. I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a good thing or not: what do you think?

Two things I am sure about, however: as John Buckeridge says in his editorial, keeping silent about this issue doesn’t help anyone; and this post will attract more spammers as well as more genuine traffic than most others so far…

Half of all Christian men use Internet Pornography

Bus image courtesy of the Atheist Bus Slogan Generator:

ruletheweb.co.uk/b3ta/bus | tinyurl.com/bus-slogan

(h/t to Phil Whittall of Illuminate, Shrewsbury for the Bus Slogan Generator)