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I believe reclaiming the bible as a foundation of society is the way to go in the 21st century by seeing the bible as the book of ideas. One big idea is that of our partnership with God (to love our neighbour as we love ourselves) to tackle the world that is and the world […]
In the 17th century people became disillusioned with organised religion and protested against the Catholic Church it began a long process of secularisation. Newtonian science came in the with the secularisation of knowledge in the 17th century. In the 18th century we have the secularisation of power with both the French and American revolution. In […]
It is fascinating to note where the words ‘not good’ first appears in scripture. In creating the world God says after the finish of each day that it was good, which included the sky, the light, the seas and dry land, sun moon and stars, birds fish and other water animals, land animals and humans. […]
God loves people who argue with him. Some great examples in the Old Testament would be Abraham, Moses and Jeremiah. Even Jesus rewarded those who we are bold in their requests and broke the rules, like touching the hem of the garment, the Syrian woman who argued for her daughter. In the Old Testament there are […]
We have seen in recent years many examples of people who have suffered greatly yet have become greater human beings, such as Malala Yousafza who was shot by the Taliban, or in the previous generation Nelson Mandela imprisoned through apartheid. Suffering can either destroy and shrivel you or it can expand you. Paul Tillich the […]
If God speaks and we don’t listen then even God himself is powerless. God’s self denying ordinance that God places on himself not to intervene to prevent human beings facing the consequences of their actions are the terms and conditions of free will that he grants us. We see this in the first chapters of […]
Are people of great moral character born or made? Are people predisposed to certain qualities like empathy and kindness? Scientists are starting to find that our genes are there to be activated by our environment. Some people may be more genetically endowed to be more risk taking or empathetic, or kind etc. But and this […]
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