Theology Blog Posts

by Daniel Dennett       Use Your Mistakes   We have all heard the forlorn refrain: “Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!” This phrase has come to stand for the rueful reflection of an idiot, a sign of stupidit...

My last post spoke about the tendency within Christian circles to put teachers, preachers, evangelists, writers, etc on a pedestal and the danger this poses of detracting from the glory and praise that should only be for God by promoting, publishi...

Recently a dear friend sent me an email to let me know that a well-known Christian writer was offering a bumper gift of free books written by himself and others upon the condition that we bought his latest book.  Immediately … Continue reading...

  Dr Robert Cargill on the issue of dodgy “biblical” ethics:   The Biblical Dilemma of Denouncing Slavery, Yet Opposing Homosexuality (again)   ******* Filed under: christian theology, interpretation, sexuality Tagged: Benj...

Below is a transcript of one of Wayne Jacobsen’s podcasts on the God Journey which I have typed up word by word.  I hope I have faithfully put down exactly what he says, but if I haven’t, I apologise in … Continue reading →...

I read yesterday a post written by Dave Yeubanks at Truthforfree.com entitled “The Church for those who don’t like church” which floored me, in the sense that it unearthed so many of the feelings and realities I have been experienc...

Chapter Nine ENTERING THE NEW JERUSALEM “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are … Continue reading...

This chapter is in my opinion far too important and far too beautiful to split into two parts and so I have inserted it here as a whole. Peter Whyte offers us here an exceptionally beautiful vision of the wonderful … Continue reading →...

Chapter 7, Part 2 “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of every nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. TEACHING … Continue reading →...

THE WORD OF GOD Jesus Christ is the living and abiding Word of God. He came from heaven to bring us a message from God which is The Word of God. It is both Jesus Himself and His teaching which … Continue reading →...

by Melvyn Bragg   Was Mary Magdalene a saint or a prostitute? Was she, as depicted in the Four Gospels, the most favoured friend and closest disciple of Jesus Christ, forever graced by being the person he first met after his resurrection? Or was...

by Giles Fraser   One thing you learn pretty quickly as a priest taking primary school assemblies is that, according to the under fives, there is no question that cannot be appropriately answered with the word Jesus. Obviously, anything faintly...

The Last Day Thomas Cranmer had the misfortune of being archbishop of Canterbury for King Henry VIII, but he survived by bending to the wind. He approved the king’s divorces. He condemned the king’s wives when necessary. He renounced the pope whe...

  On Saturday, 9 February 2013, at a rough 6.55 a.m. at a pedestrian’s traffic-light stop along Tampines Street 81, opposite the heartland market centre, a motorcyclist rammed a woman dead.   These are the bare facts. Nothing is known...

Churches and denominations, like houses and hearts, need periodic cleaning and occasional renovation. Luther’s response to the deterioration of the 16th-century church sparked not only the Protestant Reformation, but the Catholic Counter-Reformatio...

I have a link to this article under the grace tab above, but here it is again: Amazing Sin, How Deep We’re Bound. But here is another article with a different perspective: Stop Seeing Yourself as a Sinner. Hmm…which is … Continue re...

Hair and Helper God often uses single men and women to do more alone than they could do if encumbered with family obligations. Other times, however, a spouse is needed. Francois Coillard, born in France in 1834, studied theology in Paris and Strasbou...

“Without religion, without faith in the absolute, because god is the absolute, then we don’t have an objective foundation for moral values. As a result, people are divided, people are fragmented because it is all based on relativism, whic...

In Europe at the turn of the thirteenth century hundreds of great Gothic cathedrals were erected, among them the famous Notre Dame in Paris. A young man, studying at the University of Paris, watched with interest. He listened to reports of crusader a...

by John Churcher       The power of the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth was not in his wisdom and words alone. As far as we can tell from the Gospel writers, the power was that Jesus lived his message of justice that broke the barriers t...