Danny Webster leads the Evangelical Alliance UK's advocacy team, including public policy work, engagement with parliaments and assemblies, and respective governments. He has degrees in politics and political philosophy and worked in parliament for an MP. Danny is passionate about encouraging Christians to integrate their faith with all areas of their life, especially when it comes to helping them take on leadership outside the church, and helped initiate the Evangelical Alliance's Public Leadership program. He is a baker, house renovator, occasionally funny, rarely profound, and tweets all his own work (on X, formally known as Twitter). Danny hosts a Substack at: https://dannypwebster.substack.com.
It is not unusual to be triggered by an opinion or comments in mainstream or social media that we feel strongly against. The relatively anonymous nature of the internet feeds the urge to respond with a strong corrective. If we think we are representing Christianity well in this way, we do well to pause and think again, informed by these insights from an Evangelical political commentator in the United Kingdom.
