On wrestling with God and Scripture: Quote of the day

“Truth of redemptive significance is bound to be counterfactual. God, therefore, is bound to be counterfactual. To be sure, the world is full of people who have no need of redemption. They are the wealthy. They will never have a need to criticize God or the way things are”. John Hobbins on his blog in [...]

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How far is too far?

Henry Potter poses some legitimate questions in this article, The right to offend. See how many agree with him.

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Death penalty and religious belief

While reading Clive Smith’s article  The final act of Linda Carty’s tragedy in the Observer (in which he shows the potential of gross injustice in the case of the death sentencing) I could feel the anger boiling up in my veins at the injustice and inhumanity dished out under a justice system which still has [...]

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Can I add a post by email

Did you know with word press you can add a post by email. This is my try.

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America through european eyes

Since recently I have been interacting with a number of people from over the ‘Pond’ I thought I would share this article.
Stephen Hill (an American journalist) wrote a very good piece in yesterday’s electronic edition of the Guardian in which he tries to show his American audience the background that gives rise to the bewilderment [...]

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Alpha Couse

Tonight my church starts an Alpha course and I will be going along as an helper/observer, even though I did not do Alpha myself. However as a theologian and practician I did engage with all the questions explored in the course. I remember that in the mid 1990s when Nicky Gumbel took over Alpha (I [...]

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Griving with those that grieve

Today I attended a church service for those touched by suicide, at a local church, St Andrew’s in Deens, organised by the local hospital chaplaincy team with some of the local churches. The service was moving and touched some of the people present there. The first part of the service mentioned the process of grieving [...]

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Healthcare: should it be run for profit or as a national service

Over the last two weeks I have been in conversations with some friends on a Romanian blog about American healthcare reform. Many of the commentators on the blog are Romanian immigrants in the USA and they seem to oppose Obama’s initiative to reform the system, in line to the conservative opposition. Just came across this [...]

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Quote of the day – An Eschatological posibility for our universe

Keith Ward presenting a possible eschatological future for the universe from a Christian theistic perspective:
” This means that what we do in and to this universe has lasting consequence for the world to come. What we create and shape will be present, though transfigured by glory. What we destroy and frustrate will fail to [...]

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Discrimination and Racial Justice Sunday

This coming Sunday many churches in the UK will mark the Racial Justice Sunday, when we reflect on how our prejudices sometimes cause distress and pain to those that are different than us. I feel that too many churches don’t take this issue seriously enough. Minority ethnic people still face prejudice and discrimination, and many [...]

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