Faith & Scripture

The Church seems really to be struggling for relevance in many parts of the west and church numbers are in decline. She senses afresh the need to act in a living expression of God’s love for a broken world, to reach out and not suck in. But some of her language is stuck in the 14th century, creating distance between her and the peoples she is trying to embrace…

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Re-examining foundations (2): Passions re-directed

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However, there is something else that has hugely contributed to this journey that you would never guess: a running injury. God knows I woul...

Re-examining foundations (1):Beautiful Trinity, worrying implementation

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[excerpt from my paper on the Trinity] This may come as a surprise to people reading this, but I find the trinity a truly beautiful conce...
Monday, 23 February 2015

Good from evil, it's tricky!

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Evil. It is a big problem on every level, theology and philosophy included. In conversation recently with friends I was thinking out...
Friday, 13 February 2015

It's so obvious....ly not obvious

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It strikes me as amazing how unwilling some people are to examine their own lenses. They are often keen to know and teach the truth, y...
Friday, 6 February 2015

Little chicks!

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, ...
Sunday, 1 February 2015

Matthew 21: The Parable of the Tenants, the question of SENDING, and the limits of analogy and poetic language

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I came across this in my main study today and considered whether or not it is of any use to us in the quest for the truth of 4th and 5...
Saturday, 31 January 2015

Simultaneous criteria for textual variants in the New Testament - a possible little breakthrough!

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I feel slightly excited, as I consider today's post. Although I enjoy wrestling with theological questions and engaging with peop...
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