Theology
Seven Deadly Sins
Gandhi’s Seven Deadly Sins Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity. a.. Wealth without Work b.. Pleasure without Conscience c.. Science without Humanity d.. Knowledge without Character e.. Politics without Principle f.. Commerce without Morality g.. […]
Evangelical Statements of Faith
A S T A T E M E N T O F F A I T H (From the Australian Evangelical Alliance) ‘We worship the only God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, whose creative, outgoing love overflowed from the divine community to create the universe and who calls us to share in eternal […]
Must We Believe the Virgin Birth?
Albert Mohler In his recent column in The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof pointed to belief in the Virgin Birth as evidence that conservative Christians are “less intellectual.” Are we saddled with an untenable doctrine? Is belief in the Virgin Birth really necessary? Kristof is absolutely aghast that so many Americans believe in the Virgin […]
Errors in the Bible
From a netfriend: Fundie: The Bible is inerrant. Our faith stands or falls on it. Skeptic: Here’s an error, right here. Fundie: Well, what really matters is that you know the Lord.
Evil
A netfriend wrote: Resolutions to the problem of evil generally entail one of the following: 1) What humans consider evil or suffering is an illusion or unimportant. Problem: suffering is FELT. If it is an illusion, this does not matter. Suffering is suffering whether real or imagined 2) Events thought to be evil are not […]
Leslie Weatherhead on ‘Hell’
Leslie D. Weatherhead in “The Christian Agnostic” (Abingdon Press 1965) (pp: 281-282) We must at once throw over as unworthy of God any vestigial ideas remaining in our minds that anyone, whatever he believes or does is landed in some kind of endless torture after death. It is surely probable that Jesus viewing the burning […]
A Question about Resurrection
Identity and Resurrection The problem of identity touches upon many issues within the life-after-death debate. Fundamentally, the problem consists in how we may identify an individual who no longer possesses a body. The first aspect of this problem concerns the sort of existence a disembodied spirit might face. If, for instance, I were to die […]
Theodicies
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?” [Epicurus] God is All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Loving and Good. So how could such a God stand by when God’s children were herded into […]
The Historical Jesus (Luke Timothy Johnson)
A few excerpts from Luke Timothy Johnson, ‘The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation’, Revised edition, Fortress Press, 1999, pp. 627-629… ‘Jesus’ existence and his identity as a first-century Palestinian Jew are overwhelmingly verified both by the literature generated in his name and by the converging lines of evidence provided by the Christian writings […]
Atonement
It strikes me in the lengthy post from Nathan on various theories of the cross, that each theory is well-grounded in its setting, reflecting contemporaneous views of justice and rule. There is nothing wrong with this – it is an act of incarnating the gospel. But what strikes me, and perhaps Nathan is pushing towards […]
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