Here’s a video from a video blog where Marcus Borg and John Crossan address the issue of atheism, pointing out that atheism is the rejection of theism, not disbelief in God.

According to the BBC website, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams has urged a “Radical change of heart” to prevent runaway climate change and has said that God would not guarantee a “happy ending”. So is consumerism and the environment a problem for people? Is it a moral issue? Is it an issue of [...]

Continuing our look into the ever-changing world of Christianity (indeed that fact that I can say that is a testimony to this) here are a couple of extracts from an article at deepchurch.org.uk talking about how difficult it is to enact change thoughtfully and properly … These days there seems to be a deep suspicion [...]

from this blog I’ve been reading Christus Victor by Gustaf Aulén which deals with the subject of sin atonement from an historic perspective. Below are some notes I made on the book. Introduction In 1930 Dr. Gustalf Aulén delivered a series of lectures entitled “Die drei Haupttypen des Christlichen versohnungsgedankens” (Three Main Types of the [...]

This is adapted from this blog entry. What I found interesting and poignant is in the comment at the end (from the same blog). I never met a Christian I never met a Christian who… …reads the bible enough …prays enough …spends long enough having a quiet times …or feels they have enough QT’s anyway [...]

This video was on this blog entry here, it’s very good. It’s posted because the blog author thought it made very well a point he makes in his book, “A Christianity Worth Believing”, hence the title of this article. Comment below.

Check out this video by James Choung,  he explains the gospel in a way that makes much more sense than the traditional ‘Christ filling the Gap’ model. The focus is our part in “The Big Story” rather than personal salvation.. if you liked this, you’ll love part 2 I’m really impressed with this and can [...]

Is it our job to decide “who is in” and “who is out”? The parable of the weeds offers an interesting insight into our role in the Kingdom of God when we see things from the perspective of the servants. As many of you know, our house group is reading The Provocative Church by Graham [...]

A church called “Solomon’s Porch” in America has, on their website, something called “Things of Importance”.  It’s sort of like a Mission Statement, and it’s very interesting.  Here is is: Things of Importance God Our gatherings are mostly about God. Because we believe God is to be the center of life and that God adds [...]