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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… . . . → Read More: anthropocentric ethics  One comment - (Comments are closed)  christianity, ethics, philosophy, theology  art, belief, change, christianity, community, conflict, creation, culture, death, dignity, ethics, evil, faith, god, heaven, hope, humanity, interpretation, justice, learning, life, love, morals, order, peace, poverty, relationships, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology, truth, wisdom I briefly met someone recently who was supervising a group of youth who were attending the ‘Get Smart’ conference in Auckland, NZ. He asked if I had been attending the conference. When I said no, he replied, “Oh man, it’s great. We were just there and when we left things were still going. Carnage, man. Just carnage.” I was genuinely . . . → Read More: ‘carnage?’ 19 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, theology compartmentalisation, discernment, discipleship, emotions, god, Holy Spirit, interpretation, religion, spiritual gifts, spirituality Will somebody please make a modern, well-produced movie about Dietrich Bonhoeffer!??? (existing works here, here and here…) I think Matt Damon should play the part… 9 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, theology belief, bonhoeffer, community, dignity, faith, fellowship, film, god, gospel, hope, humanity, jesus, justice, kingdom of god, life, love, morals, peace, philosophy, spirituality, suffering, theology, truth, war 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 . . . → Read More: craig cooke debate: impressions 7 comments - (Comments are closed) 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 The other day, a friend of mine at Carey college was sharing with me and a few others how grieved he’d been lately (due to various tragic things happening to people close to him). He mentioned lying in bed and trying to pray, not knowing what to say, and eventually just offering an extended, rumbling, inward groan to God… Now, . . . → Read More: the groaning language of prayer Many books are on my desk at the moment. Books for my theological study, and books for my personal interest. I have too many books on my desk. I cannot read them all… Yet this did not prevent me from picking up 7 more books on our recent trip to the states… . . . → Read More: recent book purchase 10 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science, theology Anne Rice, astronomy, atheism, belief, books, christianity, creation, evolution, faith, Francis Collins, god, Guy Consolmagno, humanity, intelligent design, jesus, Kenneth Miller, kingdom of god, learning, life, N.T. Wright, peace, politics, religion, science, Shane Claiborne, spirituality, theism, theology This just in… * * * The Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship & The New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists present a debate between Atheist Historian *Bill Cooke* and Christian Philosopher *William Lane Craig.* Adjudicated by *John Bishop*, head of Philosophy Department, Auckland University. *Moot: Is God a Delusion?* . . . → Read More: Craig-Cooke debate 12 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science atheism, christianity, creation, culture, current event, debate, discernment, faith, god, jesus, life, philosophy, religion, spirituality, theism, theology, truth By the way, this is NOT me… And they’re (hopefully) kidding… 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 better reputation, but –even further– those who aren’t Christians might be far less against the growth of Christianity… People are scared about the growth of Christianity because they . . . → Read More: good news for all the people 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 Tolerance… The topic of tolerance came up in the comments of my last post, so I thought I’d re-post them here to offer a focussed discussion of them… This t-word is used in interesting ways. I think it’s used far too loosely. You tolerate things (certain actions or persons whose identity is defined by those same actions) which you don’t . . . → Read More: the abc’s of tolerance 23 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, philosophy, politics belief, conflict, culture, debate, discernment, emotions, ethics, humanity, life, morals, peace, philosophy, politics, spirituality |
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