even the bible is a vulnerable text
After watching an online video posted on my Facebook feed of a well-known pastor preaching about Heaven and Hell, I thought it appropriate to post a thought or two. This particular pastor preached from...
View Articlewalter wink on homosexuality & the bible (part 1): old testament
Sexual issues are tearing our churches apart today as never before. The issue of homosexuality threatens to fracture whole denominations, as the issue of slavery did a hundred and fifty years ago. We...
View Articlewalter wink on homosexuality & the bible (part 2): new testament
This post is the second part of a series on Walter Wink’s views on homosexuality and the Bible. It is advisable to read Part 1 on the Old Testament before continuing below. The debate over...
View Articlewalter wink on homosexuality & the bible (part 3): conclusions
This post is the third part of a series on Walter Wink’s views on homosexuality and the Bible. It is advisable to read Part 1 on the Old Testament and Part 2 on the New Testament before continuing...
View Articlebrief thoughts on suffering and theology
That the central event in the Christian faith is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus should lead to, among many things, reflection on how we approach theological thought about contemporary...
View Articlehell raiser: francis chan and “erasing hell”
A few months ago I watched this video and I’ve been meaning to write something on it, though I’ve had it on the backburner for a while. The video is a preview/advert for Francis Chan’s now-released...
View Articleyounger than the happy meal? evangelicals, abortion and ahistoricism
An interesting and revealing article appeared on a Patheos blog some days ago claiming that the current and standard Evangelical view on abortion, that human life unquestioningly begins at conception,...
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