It is, if I may be frank, quite pathetic that the spurious charge of a myth should so perpetuate itself. In fact, it is nothing other than Girardian scapegoating on an industrial scale. If you can convince a person or group that another person or group is somehow less than deserving, less human, less, just... Continue Reading →
Christ and the World
This is stunning..... Subversive Preaching in a Postmodern World - A Targum based on Colossians 1:15-20 by Brian J Walsh In an image-saturated world, a world of ubiquitous corporate logos permeating your consciousness, a world of dehydrated and captive imaginations in which we are too numbed, satiated and co-opted, to be able to dream of... Continue Reading →
“Christian Country” Claptrap
Following on from the comments made by the Bristish Prime Minister David Cameron on The UK being a 'Christian country' and the follow-up letter in the The Telegraph (20/4/2014), I would like to wade in. The confusion around this whole debacle is astonishing, not only are the comments by Cameron strange, but the letter by... Continue Reading →
Understanding the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Two short video's with New Testament Professor Gary Burge offering a thoughtful theological response to the present day problem in Israel-Palestine. http://vimeo.com/51406126 http://vimeo.com/51406125
Philippino Storm: Act of God?
The Philippine's is a place of geographical, political, fiscal and meteorological interest. It has a vast population of very poor people, scrounging out a living on the metaphorical "dollar-a-day" bull-shit cited by utopian inspired Westerners trying to do a good thing. What if the crappy excuses for homes that... Continue Reading →