November 2011
8 posts
Why does religion keep telling us we are bad
Yet again, that bastion of the liberal secular humanistic press, the Guardian, has given me something to write about.
This week, it relates to the morality of man, and why, despite humanity’s moral superiority over the whole of the natural world, the religious keep telling us we are bad.
The article can be found here:
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Elihu (part 1)
I am going to write a series of posts on, in my opinion, one of the most interesting characters in the Bible. Job is, sadly, rarely preached on. People think that it is one of those deep, dark, and gloomy books of scripture, with little edifying to the average reader, only good for reminding people that God is sovereign over all things, even his pain.
I have never heard anyone else reference...
The Christian life and Brotherly Love: the...
You never hear the charge of legalism levelled at people demanding that Christians to live more civilly with each other. The command for Christians to love each other, to bear with each other, to forgive each other, is rarely the most important issue brought up in Church relating to our personal holiness. But it should be.
This isn’t intentional, nor is it through lack of trying on the part of...
Love this: The Necessity of Theology
http://www.joethorn.net/2011/11/09/the-necessity-of-theology/
I love this.
“No: You can’t just love Jesus, you must know who he is and know what it means to love him”
“Theology is the pursuit of the knowledge of God, so the more we know of God, the more we can know God”
“If a pastor is not a theologian, then he isn’t a pastor, he is something else, but...
Should the Church be led by Teachers and Scholars:...
I stumbled across a post from Adrian Warnock which led to this article. Have a little read.
http://donmilleris.com/2011/04/05/unlike-todays-church-leaders-none-of-the-early-disciples-were-professional-educators/
I would like to respond to the basic premise of the post. And respond to a couple of issues it raises.
“Let me ask you this: Aren’t you a little tired of scholars and...
Review: "The End of God: A Horizon Guide for...
In this modern scientific age, is there any room left for God?
This was the question that Dr Thomas Dixon sought to answer on “The End of God: A Horizon Guide for Science and Religion” (BBC4). In this programme, Dixon followed the historical conflicts between religion and science, moving from Galileo and his theory of heliocentricity, through the Darwinian controversy, the debates...
Getting back on my Apologetics game...
For the last couple of months, I haven’t really given much thought to apologetics.
Then I realised that nothing in the world had changed. Atheists still exist, there are still questions to be answered, and there is still need to defend the faith. I didn’t know what questions I would answer, but I was desperate to get involved again.
And then Richard Dawkins penned his reasoning for not debating...
... and thus it begins.
Hello all.
I say all, but I don’t know exactly what “all” really amounts to. Currently “all” is simply me. But I do hope that people other than myself do stumble accross this blog. I hope that you will find it interesting, and hopefully thought provoking.
A little bit about my aims with this blog. This blog will primarily deal with issues of faith, and my life as a...
