Every human being is born with such a narrow view of the world and we all have to learn to broaden our horizon. This is equally true for people when they become Christians. A Christian is a person-becoming-an-adult, a "child of God" with 'L-Plates' front and back. We are serially myopic in our vision of... Continue Reading →
I bumped into a JW…..
.....and it didn't hurt. They were a trio of lovely people. One of whom I had met several times until, I suspect, she (a 70+ Italian living in England) was banned from visiting me; I can only assume that was the case, since her frequent visits stopped so suddenly. It may have been my poor... Continue Reading →
Genuine Reformations always spell trouble!
A wonderful piece on the Reformation from Jason Goroncy over at 'Per Crucem ad Lucem': Reformation Day: 25 Theses 1. Anyone who thinks you can cherry-pick the sixteenth century Reformations for solutions for today’s church and society is an idiot. 2. Anyone who thinks you can ignore the Reformations has their head in the sand. 3.... Continue Reading →
Atheists Take Note (this Easter)…
Top 10 tips for atheists this Easter This is a re-post of Dr John Dickson's excellent challenge to Atheists to up their game in their critique of Christianity: There is a dissonance between Christ's "love your enemies" and Moses' "slay the wicked". Atheists should drop their easily dismissed scientific, philosophical or historical arguments against Christianity,... Continue Reading →
What Exactly is a Saint?
Church history is fascinating and studying it is essential. Some people will have stopped reading already, well boo to them because Church History guards us today against making mistakes that, wait for it, have already been made! The person who doesn't read history, will likely dismiss history as irrelevant or romanticize it to the degree... Continue Reading →