This podcast reflects on how important it is to allow women to be women. We look at three things in particular: (1) Wimbledon, and what that says about the kind of role models that young girls and women are growing up with; (2) the picture of Karoline Leavitt working in the White House with her son; (3) Candace Owen’s debate with feminists about “objectification”. We finish off by thinking about how we can make a difference in our own lives. 50s Housewife Meets Modern Woman - video with JP Sears...
Jul 14, 2025•38 min
In this podcast we are exploring the concept of ‘Freedom Cells’, something discovered via Derrick Broze’s documentary series “The Pyramid of Power” . I think Freedom Cells may be the answer we’ve been looking for — or at least, a big part of it. I also think that Freedom Cells have a large degree of overlap with another institution — the Church. However, we may need to radically rethink what we see as church. We finish by thinking about how we need courage to stand up against tyranny even in the...
Jun 16, 2025•32 min
One of the things many of us have become aware of over the last few years is how the mainstream media is used to control and manipulate us with propaganda. But, if everything we see is a PsyOp, then is there any way of getting to the truth? How do we know who is trustworthy? In this podcast we look at some lessons from the Bible about who we can trust, and then examine Nigel Farage, Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson in the light of them. The article I refer to by Miri AF is here . Sacred Musings ...
May 30, 2025•33 min
I’ve spoken a lot about the church on Substack lately — a few weeks ago I spoke about how it was important to separate ourselves from churches which are not true churches. In this podcast, I wanted to look practically about how we can tell the difference between a true church and a fake one. In particular we look at (1) submitting to the Scriptures; (2) taking holiness seriously; (3) taking discipleship seriously — especially for children and new Christians. Separation can be painful but I belie...
May 15, 2025•28 min
As I mentioned last week , we have been told lately of a ‘quiet revival’ — a growth in the number of people regularly attending church, especially amongst younger people. However, as I said then, I am not sure that the church really knows what a revival would be like. In particular, I am concerned that the church has not learned its lessons with respect to secularism. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subs...
Apr 28, 2025•27 min
Over the last couple of weeks, God has put on my mind the importance of separation: that is, the need to be separate from those who are not serious about putting Christ first in everything. In this podcast I explain how I’ve come to that conclusion, examine what Jesus taught from Matthew 10, and then think about one or two ways we might put that into practice. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. ...
Apr 08, 2025•37 min
Many people, especially among the right-wing commentariat, talk about how we need a return to “Christianity”. In this podcast, I explore what that really means, using the oft-quoted verses from 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 about humbling ourselves and turning back to the Lord: ‘When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from ...
Mar 27, 2025•21 min
Our society hates women. I believe this is one of the most fundamental issues which is killing society at the moment. The problem is also wider than certain political classes as well — the problem extends to those who would see themselves as defenders of traditional Britain. I believe that the winners in this war will be those who learn to value women rightly. Alex Phillips’ piece is here . My piece about tradwives is here . Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts ...
Mar 14, 2025•33 min
Many people, including myself up until recently, would have summarised the Reformation as being about the doctrine of justification by faith alone. This was the cornerstone of the Reformation. However, I believe there is something even more fundamental at play which often gets missed: it’s about the power of one man with his Bible to stand up against the might of an institution. I believe we need to recover this same spirit once again to regain the church from the institutions which claim to be ...
Feb 27, 2025•32 min
In this short podcast I raise a few questions about Kim Leadbeater. She is the younger sister of the (allegedly) murdered MP Jo Cox. She has also recently introduced the Assisted Dying bill, which passed its second reading late last year. What’s going on? Has anybody looked into this? Links * Candace Owens’ series ‘Becoming Brigitte’ is available on this YouTube playlist . * Richard Hall’s videos about Jo Cox are available on his website — e.g. this one (although he’s done several others — if yo...
Feb 14, 2025•25 min
I was recently reminded of Rod Dreher’s 2017 book, The Benedict Option. Dreher argues that we need to resist aggressive secularisation by taking our example from St Benedict and form intentional Christian communities. In this podcast, I explore what that means and what that would look like for us. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links Daniel French’s piece which mentions the Benedict Option M...
Jan 30, 2025•37 min
I don’t know about you, but I feel that I need some encouragement at the start of 2025! I thought it would be good to share some thoughts I’ve had while watching through the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s book “Wolf Hall” — all about the life of Thomas Cromwell as he served Henry VIII. What encouragement can we take into our lives and into this new year from the way that God has worked in the past? Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, con...
Jan 09, 2025•31 min
In the final podcast of 2024, I thought it would be good to respond to a listener question. Grant has written in asking about wanting to have faith but not being able to , and whether I was able to do a podcast about it. I was happy to oblige, and I hope that it will be generally helpful. (Please do pass it on to anyone you think will appreciate!) As I said, this will be the final podcast for this year, although I may write again in the next week or two — if you are subscribed to Substack you wi...
Dec 17, 2024•36 min
In my previous podcast I talked about how the primary mission of the church is to preach the gospel. Some people say that the church should ‘just preach the gospel’. I used to agree — then covid happened, and I saw those people giving into everything that the state demanded of us. This called my beliefs into question! How do we ‘just’ preach the gospel, while at the same time standing up against everything that is going wrong politically in the world at the moment? What I’ve come to understand i...
Dec 10, 2024•27 min
Many people have been rejoicing about the election of Donald Trump over the last few weeks. It has been hailed as a victory against the forces of darkness; against wokeness; and it has been called a blessing from God. At the same time, I believe it is important not to get caught up in the hype and think more closely about whether this victory is really all it’s cracked up to be. In particular, the church needs to think carefully about its involvement in politics with respect to what is most impo...
Dec 03, 2024•34 min
I thought I’d do a quick video to share my thoughts about Justin Welby’s resignation. In short, while people are focussed on the wrong things - i.e., Welby’s safeguarding failures - nothing is going to change. We need to focus back on the gospel message, and in particular the belief in sin, the need for repentance and the transforming presence of the Holy Spirit. I’ve written before about safeguarding, this was my most recent post - start there if you want to see more of my thoughts about the pr...
Nov 14, 2024•10 min
In the next chapter of Os Guinness’ book The Gravedigger Files , we see how Christianity as an intellectual system has been damaged. I particular appreciate his comments about the faith being ‘miniaturised.’ If the church is to be relevant in the future, it needs to stop trying to market Christianity to people and start following Jesus. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links The pernicious myt...
Oct 24, 2024•53 min
In this chapter of the book we move from the processes which have been at work to their effects . What has now happened to the church? I found this to be one of the most thought provoking and insightful chapters - in particular looking at how Christians like faith to be ‘privatised’, and how the church has succumbed to bureaucratisation. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links I, Sandwich from ...
Oct 17, 2024•50 min
In the next chapter of Os Guinness’ book, we see how Christianity in the churches has become a counterfeit. This has been done through Civil Religion - a blending of church and establishment - as well as Consumer Religion and Closed Religion. What does that mean, how has it happened, and what can we do about it? Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links “Education Fight Back” - interview about Cl...
Oct 10, 2024•58 min
The mainstream media love to talk about “misinformation” - and yet they don’t recognise what it is when they see it. Misinformation is a distortion of the truth to promote a particular narrative. Unfortunately it has been weaponised against the church. How has that happened, and what can we do about it? Links * We don’t need no education (my piece here) * How to use Church with UTB Support If you’d like to support me but subscribing on Substack is not right for you at the moment, you can make a ...
Oct 03, 2024•55 min
In the next of our series looking at the insights of Os Guinness, we look at ‘pluralisation’: how the church and Christianity has become one option amongst many. How has this happened, what effect has it had on the church and the state, and what we do about it? Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links * I quoted this article about joyless puritanism * Here is my article about denominations. * My...
Sep 26, 2024•54 min
In the third part of this series looking at Os Guinness’ book The Gravedigger Files , we look at privatisation: as the world became divided up into the ‘public’ and ‘private’ spheres, Christianity became relegated to the private sphere. How did this happen, what effect has it had, and what can we do about it? I apologise if you have any problems with the audio. My microphone wasn’t plugged in properly and was causing a buzzing noise which I didn’t realise until editing afterwards. I have tried t...
Sep 19, 2024•51 min
In the second part of this series looking at Os Guinness’ book The Gravedigger Files , we see how the church was infected with secularisation. But how does it work, and where did it come from? Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links My article here from a few days ago: Support If you’d like to support me but subscribing on Substack is not right for you at the moment, you can make a one-off gift...
Sep 12, 2024•48 min
Over the last few years, we’ve seen the problems in the church. How have those problems come about? This is a problem which has been going on for some time now. Os Guinness wrote a book back in the 1980s called “The Gravedigger File” - how the modern church was subverted. His insights are still relevant 40 years on. In this series we are going to work through the book to see what we can learn. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider be...
Sep 05, 2024•54 min
This week’s podcast is a bit of a pic’n’mix: a reflection from holiday about the importance of place; how Israel is the epitome of the problems in the West; and why civic religion is important even if people don’t believe. Links Support If you’d like to support me but subscribing on Substack is not right for you at the moment, you can make a one-off gift via PayPal . Get full access to Sacred Musings at phillsacre.substack.com/subscribe...
Aug 29, 2024•42 min
In the context of what happened in Southport and the response to it (protests, rioting, and much talk about the “far-right”) - is there any way forward for us as a society? In this podcast we look at a few questions: (1) Is there a way forward? (2) Do we want ‘Zero Islam’? (3) What can we do? (4) Is it right for Christians to engage in violence? Links * Oxford Study - vaccinating children against covid * Jess Phillips reveals the moral cowardice of the elites * Video from Phil Harris * Tommy Rob...
Aug 08, 2024•49 min
Kamala Harris loves to talk about what can be — “unburdened by what has been.” This explains the way that progressives often think about progress - anything new is seen as good. At the same time, conservatives / Christians can often fall into the opposite trap: anything ‘traditional’ is good. How can we, as Christians, think about progress? Links * Lamentation for France * Planetary Regime: The Globalists’ Blueprint * The Gaza Holocaust * Is the Tradwife Queen a fraud? * We reap the harvest of l...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Over the last few years we have seen populist movements rising up across Europe and in America. Yet, in the UK, there has been very little. Why should this be the case? Is there anything unique to Britain which means that people are not engaged? Links * Documentary on ‘No-go’ areas * Bret Weinstein on Biden’s stepping down * Ivor Cummins on mass migration Support If you’d like to support me but subscribing on Substack is not right for you at the moment, you can make a one-off gift via PayPal . G...
Jul 25, 2024•46 min
Why have political leaders and church leaders sold out? In this podcast we look at C.S. Lewis’ insightful piece “The Inner Ring” about how human nature can put loyalty to our tribe above loyalty to God and the truth. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links * A failure of secret service security * Redacted video about Trump assassination * Interview with Tim Kennedy * What is Classical Education...
Jul 18, 2024•54 min
H. Richard Niebuhr once wrote an influential book called “Christ & Culture,” outlining different ways that the church had related to culture. In this podcast, we look at those different ways and how we as the church should relate to what is going on in the world. Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links * Labour’s shallow victory * Labour’s “New Britain” stuns with its incompetence * It was ...
Jul 11, 2024•58 min
