Should we update the creeds?
Many churches include repeating the Apostles or Nicene Creed during services. But are they still relevant and helpful?
Category: Hard Questions
Salvation by faith alone?
Can we be saved by simply believing in Jesus? Is it really so easy? Or do Jesus’ own words show us a little more is required?
What do the universe, human race, church and Bible have in common?
Science has given us new understandings of the universe and the evolution of life. Can we learn something of God’s character from all this, and apply this to the Bible?
Hell and the resurrection of the righteous
The conventional christian view of hell is surely wrong. It isn’t taught in the Old Testament, nor in the New. And it wasn’t what Jesus taught.
God, genetics and me
A review of “The Language of Genetics” by Denis Alexander – a comprehensive outline of this complex subject.
Brad Jersak on God, love, atonement and life
North American writer, teacher and theologian, Brad Jersak, was in Australia recently, and we were able to spend a day hearing him sharing his convictions about God and his love, Jesus and the atonement, and life. There was a lot to like and learn from, and some challenging ideas – all worth sharing with you.
How evangelical doctrine and Biblical inerrancy can distort the Bible and Jesus
Most christians have been taught to reverence the Bible. This has been especially true of Protestant christianity. The Reformation was built on the doctrine of sola scriptura (by scripture alone). And when conservative christianity felt threatened by evolution, liberal theology and modernist thinking in the 19th century, it developed a statement of “the fundamentals”, one […]
Evangelical, Liberal and Progressive Christianity – three diverging paths
There’s a lot of new, and sometimes scary, ideas flying around the christian scene these days. What are we to make of them?? Where is Protestant christianity heading? If you have doubts and questions about your form of christian belief, perhaps another form has something to offer. Check out a few ideas here.
Homophobia, Biblical truth and Israel Folau
This is a post about what christians believe, how we should express our belief and how cultures can clash. This is a post about an unfortunate episode in Australian sport and culture, from which no-one is likely to emerge a winner. And hopefully this is a post that won’t add, even in a small way, […]
Modern western evangelicalism – easy religion for comfortable christians?
I’ve been thinking for a while about modern western evangelical christianity. Not what some people may see as the worst of this belief system – televangelists, conservative politics and a focus on sexual ethics – but the mainstream. My initial christian experience was in this culture and belief, and while I have moved on in […]