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Nov 10, 2017

Christian Love

I recently read a tweet from a Christian that touched me in a profound way: We become more and more joyless and call it Jesus. More and more hateful and call it holiness. Less and less creative and call it maturity. We like fewer and fewer people and call it sanctification. We must think Jesus… Continue reading

Christianity, God, Reflections, Scripture

Bible, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, godliness, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kindness, love, love and hate, Theology
Nov 2, 2017

Is it Really Worth it?

I wanted to write a short blog post about fighting battles. When life presents you with a circumstance where you feel you are being treated unfairly, is it wise to put up a fight, or is it better to absorb the frustration, let go, and move on? Let’s look at one area in particular: money.… Continue reading

Christianity, Morality and Ethics

1 Corinthians, Bible, capitalism, Doctrine, greed, justice, money, Philosophy, Scripture, Theology, wealth, wisdom
Oct 24, 2017

Dealing with Evil

Those of you who read Sunday’s post will recall that I’m experiencing a difficult situation with a neighbour at the moment. It’s been consuming a lot of my energy and it’s hard to see a way forward, such is the troubling attitude of the person. I have been asking God for help and He graciously… Continue reading

Christianity, Suffering

Bible, blog, bullying, encouragement, evil, God, oppression, Prayers, Psalms, Scripture, support, Theology
Sep 29, 2017

The Logos as a Person

In my last post I looked at an interesting way of understanding what it means for the person of Jesus to have been the ‘Word’ or ‘Logos’ from eternity past, as is indicated in the opening of the Gospel according to John. Today, I want to expand upon the same topic, and will again be… Continue reading

Christianity, Doctrine, Scripture

Bible, David Pawson, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, logos, personhood, Philo, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 28, 2017

Jesus as Logos

The writer of the book of John opens his gospel with some very well-known words. These words have been used by theologians as evidence that Jesus has existed eternally, alongside God the Father and God the Holy Spirit: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.… Continue reading

Christianity, Doctrine, Scripture

Bible, David Pawson, God, Greek, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 1, logos, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 4, 2017

Is Everything Subjective?

When I was studying for my undergraduate degree I remember writing a dissertation on the subjectivity of musical meaning. My argument was that the meaning of a piece of music is encapsulated not so much in the sounds we hear, but in the context in which we listen. My argument located musical meaning in the… Continue reading

Christianity, Philosophical Dialogue

Bible, God, hermeneutics, objectivity, Philosophy, Scripture, subjectivity, Theology, truth, university

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