To slip on a banana skin once is funny. To slip on a banana skin twice is tragic. Mathew Parris opens his Spectator article by reminding people that the post he wrote for the Times on Easter Saturday was met with “hundreds of comments from Christians protesting that I’d misunderstood the Crucifixion’s meaning…” Well, right... Continue Reading →
I have chosen, in prayer (of course) during Lent and approaching Easter Sunday, to preach through different angles on the atonement, or what academia calls, models or theories. We mustn't be confused by how the idea of "theories" is being used here. It is not a way to shoe-horn in a text into an abscure... Continue Reading →
"When we speak of the centrality of the Atonement, I have said, we mean much more, worlds more, than its place in a religious system. We are speaking of that which is the centre, not of thought, but of actual life, conscience, history and destiny. We speak of what is the life-power of the moral... Continue Reading →
See the short video (June 2019) on The Fuel Cast, filmed at Torre Abbey ruins, Torquay. Who was P. T. Forsyth? Peter Taylor Forsyth was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on this day in 1848 to a working-class family, and was educated there through his university years. Afterwards, he became a Congregationalist minister serving in five successive... Continue Reading →
In chapter nine of Thiselton's 2015 Systematic Theology, he asks the question, 'Why Consider Historical Theologies of the Atonement?' The section he covers on Colin Gunton's 1988 work 'The Actuality of the Atonement: A Study in Metaphor, Rationality, and the Christian Tradition' is not only astonishingly concise but well worth popping into this blog: "Colin... Continue Reading →
I have recently been enjoying The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (c.1132 – 1138) by Peter Abelard and Heloise with a translation and introduction by Betty Radice and M. T. Clanchy. And this has caused me to theologically investigate what is a very interesting Medieval man and his theology, a poor token offering of which... Continue Reading →
Having had the best part of the weekend in Oxford (Baptist Union Assembly), I must say what an inspiring place it is. I'm sure the sun shining was a major factor, not to mention the incredible falafal wraps I enjoyed, with a decent pint at the famous pub favoured by C. S. Lewis and the... Continue Reading →
POSITIVE PREACHING AND THE MODERN MIND A Vintage Book for Modern Preachers "Without doubt Dr Peter Forsyth’s book is one for contemporary preachers. The writer himself was a grand preacher of the great eternities, but he spoke the language of his day and brought the realities of the gospel to his listeners and readers with... Continue Reading →
This is about an encounter this very week with a dear old saint who had lived with a view of her own sin as too large to deal with because her Jesus was too small: "The reason I do all I do is to atone for my sins," she said with all seriousness! After... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 