A new-ish series of vids with Bishop N.T. Wright speaking to various issues related to Christian belief. Tom really works hard here to offer very well-compressed and summarised statements on some very intricate and rich concepts. Enjoy. Continue reading wright – various issues
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Here. . . . → Read More: another science and faith article…  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  atheism, bible, christianity, philosophy, science, theology, www  astronomy, atheism, church, creation, culture, current event, debate, ethics, evil, evolution, faith, god, heaven, Holy Spirit, hope, humanity, intelligent design, interpretation, learning, life, morals, order, philosophy, religion, science, spirituality, theism, theology, truth, web Monday nights, 1, 8, 15, 22 September 2008 7:00 – 9:30pm, Laidlaw College – Auckland Campus, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, Waitakere Heaven and Earth: Where are we going? Does it matter? We are excited by the opportunity we have to introduce you to some of the new faces at College. This group includes Dr Martin Sutherland (Vice Principal Academic) and the Heads of School . . . → Read More: wineskins at laidlaw Comments are closed bible, christianity, theology, www belief, christianity, creation, faith, god, gospel, heaven, hope, humanity, interpretation, jesus, Jewish, kingdom of god, life, Mark Strom, religion, stewardship, theology, truth, wisdom Anthropocentric Ethics – In Ancient & Modern Perspective The author/composer/poet/community which produced the text we know of as Genesis 1 observed many things. Just one of these is the uniqueness of humans in relation to our environment. Day and night, earth and sky, sea and land, vegetation, and fruits, creatures great and tiny, both in the sea and on land… And then behold – human beings. These humans are at the pinnacle of creation and are invested with the task and responsibility of governing the entire earth. Continue reading anthropocentric ethics One comment - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, philosophy, theology belief, change, christianity, community, conflict, creation, culture, death, dignity, ethics, evil, faith, god, heaven, hope, humanity, interpretation, justice, learning, life, love, morals, order, peace, poetry, poverty, relationships, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology, truth, wisdom With expectations low (but not low enough to keep us away!), Damian and I headed to the debate (link to series here) tonight between William Lane Craig and Bill Cooke. I think we both left having heard little or nothing we hadn’t heard before, but nonetheless having enjoyed watching it all unfold. What follows is not a full, detailed review of the debate, but (in all truthfulness) rather various impressions I’ll share (on my way to bed)… Continue reading craig cooke debate: impressions 7 comments - (Comments are closed) atheism, christianity, philosophy atheism, belief, christianity, culture, current event, debate, ethics, evil, evolution, faith, god, heaven, humanity, jesus, life, morals, philosophy, religion, science, spirituality, theism, theodicy, theology If only people in general –and Christians in particular– could grasp just a few key things that makes Jesus who He is… then I’m convinced not only that Christianity would have a People are scared about the growth of Christianity because they (often) think (and not without reason to) that this could eventually lead to a Christian state. All those voting Christians, voting in all those ‘religious’ laws, taking away our freedom, taking away our shopping on Sunday, etc. Many Christians are not at all hesitant to affirm that this is, in fact, precisely what they are working toward… Now, this post is not directly about how Christians should relate to politics, but it does relate. I am convinced that the Christian faith is to be lived out in the public world, and not simply in private. However, the question is: “What does this look like?” 9 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, theology belief, christianity, church, conflict, discernment, discipleship, faith, god, gospel, heaven, interpretation, Israel, jesus, Jewish, kingdom of god, politics, prayer, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology “Heaven.” What a mis-understood word this is! For some, ‘heaven’ is simply a warm, fuzzy, good, old-fashioned or positive feeling they get when things happen to be going their way. Many others define ‘heaven’ in ways that are not unlike the Greek/Roman idea of the ‘after-life’ – in which your ghostly ‘soul’ floats away on a cloud. Not only am I . . . → Read More: the heavenly reality One comment - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, theology christianity, creation, heaven, interpretation, kingdom of god, N.T. Wright, spirituality, theology |
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better reputation, but –even further– those who aren’t Christians might be far less against the growth of Christianity…
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