Tag: Bible interpretation

Making sense of Genesis & evolution
(August 21, 2025)

If evolution is true, how does that affect how we understand Genesis and the whole Bible?

A progressive pilgrim’s progress
(August 1, 2025)

Life’s a journey, with many choices. Sometimes we have to choose one way or the other. Other times we may need to hold onto contrasting truths.

Why aren’t Christians more outraged?
(July 3, 2025)

How can we understand why Christians supposedly following the Prince of Peace nevertheless fully support Israel’s killing of so many Palestinians.

Facing up to challenging questions
(June 16, 2025)

Life throws up many difficult questions. Christian faith throws up a whole lot more. And of course we want answers.

Helpful advice for both conservative and progressive Christians
(May 11, 2025)

How to properly understand the Old Testament. A review of one of the most helpful books I’ve ever read.

Reading the Bible sensibly
(April 7, 2025)

The Bible isn’t always an easy book to read and understand. Here are 7 suggestions to help read it sensibly.

Who decided what’s in the Bible?
(March 10, 2025)

How did the Bible come to us? Who wrote it? Whe decided what’s in it and what’s not?

Reading the Bible in the 21st century
(February 19, 2025)

Intro to a series of posts to offer insights (I hope!) and answers on how to understand and read the Bible, and make sense of it.

Christians and transgender
(January 31, 2025)

Christians seem to have a special interest in, and criticism of, transgender and non-binary people. Is this justified? Is it helpful?

Books: understand the Old Testament
(January 8, 2025)

I’ve been a Christian believer for more than 60 years, and through the first 40-50 years, the Old Testament really bothered me. I didn’t know how to understand it. I couldn’t really believe the stories of Adam & Eve and Noah’s Ark were literally factual. I was troubled by a loving God apparently ordering cruel […]