Faith for the future?
(September 19, 2022)You don’t have to be worried about faith deconstruction. You can go about it in a constructive way.
Tag: Belief
Faith for the future?
(August 3, 2022)Should christianity be any different in the 21st century than it has been for the last two millennia?
When faith becomes a struggle
(January 4, 2022)If you were raised in the christian faith, you may feel the need to review what you believe and let go of what doesn’t pass the test. Here’s a guide and an encouragment.
Reading the Old Testament
(November 3, 2021)My journey, and maybe your journey too, in understanding the Old Testament and learning to appreciate it and understand the obvious problems.
Experiencing doubt and believing in Jesus
(August 6, 2021)If we find ourselves having doubts about Jesus and needing to reconstruct our faith, how can we find a good basis?
Next steps along the Way?
(January 13, 2021)It’s easier to deconstruct faith, but harder to reconstruct. This book has some good ideas.
A body born again
(November 14, 2019)Book Review: Metanoia by Anna McGahan. Once I started reading this remarkable book I was hooked. I want to tell you why I think it is so worth reading.
Christianity, pluralism and truth
(November 2, 2019)This challenging book was published 7 years ago, but I hadn’t come across it until I found it in a pop-up bookshop selling off remaindered books. I thought it would have something interesting to say to me, and I was right. It raises some important issues and I think it is worth sharing where it […]
How evangelical doctrine and Biblical inerrancy can distort the Bible and Jesus
(August 1, 2019)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 […]
Losing my religion
(July 1, 2019)The word “religion” can have different meanings. At its simplest, it means “belief in and worship of God or gods” (Oxford Dictionary). But more precisely, religion is often seen as a designated set of beliefs and rituals by which people relate to a god. Thus religion (implying dogma and restrictions) is often contrasted to spirituality […]