Saturday, November 28, 2020

How do we read these Old Testament stories?

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 Lately, in my daily Bible reading, I have been using The Message, a translation of the Bible in contemporary language by Eugene Peterson . ...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Where to from here? How should the West respond to its Christian heritage?

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  Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind  by  Tom Holland  is an amazing read. In just over 500 (!) pages he presents a compelling story o...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Emergence in science, theology, and mission

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Emergence is one of the most important concepts in the sciences, both natural and social. I have also found it to be fruitful in engaging wi...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Christendom was not very Christian

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Tom Holland  presents a fascinating story of how in the past two thousand years Christianity shaped Western society in his recent book  Domi...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

A spirituality of strengths

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Humans are incredibly diverse. We are all very different. There is a diversity of personalities and backgrounds. No two people on the planet...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

Science is wonder-ful

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 Many books have been written about science and Christianity. Many of them I don't like, find helpful or recommend. I do like some becau...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

How did the Cross of Christ shape the Western mind?

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 In the Western world today, certain values are dominant, even if largely implicit: human rights, equality, democracy, helping the weak, the...