Heretical bishop sides with Islam over Christians

Oxford Union Debate Cancellation Update: Bishop of Oxford Piles On

Laurence Fox, Tommy Robinson, and I were recently cancelled by the Establishment, once again.

You can read my previous article about our invitation to speak at the Oxford Union on “This House believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”, and how Thames Valley Police and the Oxford Council conspired to cancel us, on my Substack.

What I did not know at the time of writing was the deeply scandalous involvement of the soon-to-be-former Bishop of Oxford.

In a display of false ecumenism and indifferentism, The Right Reverent Steven Croft co-signed a letter with a local Imam, as “co-chairs” of the Oxfordshire Faith and Civic Leaders Forum and the Thames Valley Faith and Civic Leaders Forum.

Christianity is the one true religion. Islam is a post-Christian heresy. To pretend the two are equal suggests they are mutually true, and therefore promotes the heresy of pluralism.

“Bishop” Croft demonstrates incorrect priorities, showing how worldly and inverted his faith is. Any true Christian shepherd in Britain should be concerned about the rapid growth and seemingly unstoppable rise of Islam in our country. To be “disturbed and saddened” by an invitation to have a conversation on the topic shows he either fears the world more than he fears God or has lost his way. Or worse, that he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ is the way. Not a way. Not one way among many, but the way, the truth and the life. The objective universal truth. The faith teaches that the only way to the Father is through the Son.

Croft cited a shooting in a foreign country as an argument as to why a conversation cannot be had in ours. Not only is this a flawed argument, but it is also an appeal to guilt by association, not exactly a Christian principle. Tensions are rising in Britain due to the incompatible worldviews between Christians and Mohammedans. There is a spiritual battle going on for Christendom. In centuries gone by, Bishops have led the charge against the Islamic invasion - now, they fight for the other side.

The debate to be had was on the question of “This House believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”; to paint this as ‘hatred’ is disingenuous and woke. Disagreement is not hatred, questioning is not hatred, suspicion is not hatred.

Croft also attempts to conflate religion with race. He paints the premise as racist. To be concerned about our Christian country becoming more Islamic is not racist, because Islam is not a race, but even if it were, that would be a matter of self-preservation and self-defence. Why are other nations entitled to self-determination but not us?

As with all liberals, Croft bemoans that the whole thing is stoking ‘division.’ This is one point we agree on. But division is not inherently bad. Jesus Christ is the most divisive man in history - he is our judge and will one day ultimately divide us between heaven and hell for all eternity (Matthew 25:31-34, 41, 46 & John 5:22-23, 27-30). Whilst here on earth as God incarnate - fully God yet fully man - He taught that He came to divide mother from daughter, father from son (Matthew 10:34-36 & Luke 12:51-53); He also told us He would separate the wheat from the chaff (Matthew 3:11-12 & 13:24-30, 36-43). He could not have been more explicit when he said, “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division” (Luke 12:51). We are either with Him, or against Him (Matthew 12:30). Christian faith leaders should be separating the truth from falsehoods, the one true faith from false ideologies. Pretending all faith is good presents the idea that all religions are salvific. Which raises the question, who/what does Croft believe in?

The so-called Bishop of Oxford retires this weekend. It seems he wanted to get one last jab in before he left. Croft has a long history of being a progressive Leftist. For instance, in recent years, he became the most senior member of the Church of England to support same-sex marriage, which is obviously contrary to Christian teaching, which is that marriage is a lifelong, indissoluble union between one man and one woman.

As a high-ranking member of the Established Church, the State Church at that, Croft is yet another Establishment shill putting pressure on the students at the Oxford Union. In his joint statement, he is subordinating the truth and Free Speech to a subjective sense of ‘safety’ and feelings. This is the kind of effeminate response one would expect from a hard Left activist, not a supposed Bishop in the Church of God.

Instead of aligning with Mohammedans against the few Christians willing to speak the truth plainly, he should be evangelising Mohammedans and leading them to Christ. Croft is clearly betraying the second-greatest commandment, to love our neighbour, because no one who loves someone would neglect to lead them toward salvation and instead actively lead them toward damnation. Either Croft does not believe, or he is working for the other side.

Pray for a bold and courageous successor to be selected. Although, looking at the current state of the Church of England, the pickings are slim.

False peace is no true peace at all. We are at war, whether Croft wants to admit it or not, for the very soul of our country. True peace can only be found in ordered submission to Christ and His Church. Pax Christi.

I will be speaking on this very topic at the Christ is King conference in Texas, later this year, alongside Dale Partridge, Harrisson Smith, J. P. Sears, Joel Webbon, James Fishback, Alex Stein and Joshua Haymes. Register as an early bird by 31st May and get 50% off tickets and a choice of two signed NXR books, including my upcoming book, The Silent Jihad.