Making sense of the Exodus
(September 12, 2021)Two books shine light on the truth (and legends) of the exodus of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt. Well worth reading.
Tag: Bible interpretation
Hell and the resurrection of the righteous
(August 21, 2021)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.
Jesus’ death and the “least of these”
(April 1, 2021)Who did Jesus die for? Do the poor, the outcast and the forgotten get any special treatment? Jesus seems to hint at this.
Next steps along the Way?
(January 13, 2021)It’s easier to deconstruct faith, but harder to reconstruct. This book has some good ideas.
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 […]
Larry Hurtado
(July 15, 2019)Larry Hurtado is retired New Testament scholar, Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He has continued hs scholarly work since retiring.
Evangelical, Liberal and Progressive Christianity – three diverging paths
(June 16, 2019)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
(May 16, 2019)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?
(May 3, 2019)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 […]