How well do you know the Christmas story?
December 18th, 2022
The Christmas story is as old as time. We’ve heard it a hundred times, we’ve seen it, we’ve sung it. But how well do we know it really? Test yourself against these twelve questions. The questions Test yourself with these questions, then scroll down to see how well you went. The answers according to history I’ve […]
Good chocolate
December 8th, 2022
As christians, our chocolate buying and eating habits can make an enormous difference, good or bad, to families living on the other side of the world.
Callous christians?
December 1st, 2022
The apparent commands of God in the Old Testament to commit genocide have long troubled me, as they should trouble any thoughtful and compassionate person. (I hope I am both!) How could a God of love command such atrocities? I think this problem can be resolved with God’s good name intact, if we understand the […]
Why politicians, media and advertisers can get away with untruths
November 8th, 2022
Truth is sometimes hard to find in politics. Politicians and media take advantage of our trust and tell us misinformation. But we can guard against this.
The church vs secular culture on gender identity: are we listening?
October 25th, 2022
Another christianity and alleged homophobia incident involving a football club. Can we learn anything from it?
8 actions to save God’s world and his people
October 3rd, 2022
The world is in a sorry state right now. Not only a brutal unjustified invasion of Ukraine with its accompanying atrocities, not only anti-democracy movements in many counties, but climate catastrophes. Record, unprecedented flooding in Europe, Pakistan and Australia. Fierce wildfires in the US, Europe and Australia. Destructive storms in the US and Japan. Worsening […]
Faith for the future?
September 19th, 2022
You don’t have to be worried about faith deconstruction. You can go about it in a constructive way.
But is the church listening?
September 5th, 2022
Many younger people have important things to say to the church. But so far I don’t think many churches are listening.
Was Jesus a leftist?
August 10th, 2022
The story of a conservative christian guy who became a leftist while attending a conservative christian college.
Faith for our future?
August 3rd, 2022
Should christianity be any different in the 21st century than it has been for the last two millennia?
A list of all blog posts, in reverse chronological order, is on the Blog archive page.