Faith. Rebuilt
Let’s not pretend we think like ancient Israelites Last post I suggested that we cannot read the Bible like we would read a modern science or history textbook. They thought differently back then and they certainly wrote differently. Modern western writing on these topics tends to be pragmatic, factual, literal, but the Bible authors didn’t […]
The Bible isn’t always an easy book to read and understand. Here are 7 suggestions to help read it sensibly.
How did the Bible come to us? Who wrote it? Whe decided what’s in it and what’s not?
This website is all about understanding and following Jesus in the 21st century. How can we make sense of a religion that started two millennia ago? For many of us, this requires reviewing and maybe reconstructing what we have been taught, to make sense in a world completely different to when Jesus lived. Perhaps the […]
Christians seem to have a special interest in, and criticism of, transgender and non-binary people. Is this justified? Is it helpful?
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 […]
Are you a spiritual misfit? Have you started to feel like church is a foreign country where you don’t speak the language? Christian teachings that you once accepted now seem beyond belief? Can’t relate any more to some of the things other Christians do? Do you feel alone? Then you’ll be glad to hear you’re […]
If ever there was a case of dishonest and ungodly Bible interpretation, the curse of Ham is surely it!
It’s easy to feel puzzled by the Old Testament. Are the stories really true? Did God really command such killing? Join a conversation that explores these questions.
What is the core of Jesus’ life and teachings, the atonement or the Sermon on the Mount? Perhaps they both are central?