And God saw that it was good In the last blog I said that the first chapters of Genesis were not Science.If I said they were not history either I would expect a certain response, especially from conservative Christians. So let me explain. History is written by people who are there at the time. Not …
Tag: God
Beginnings
Do you believe in Genesis or in evolution and the big bang theory? That is a question hat is raised by both the very conservative end of Christianity, and by atheists wanting to make Christianity look ridiculous. I believe both. Or all three, grammar was never my strong point. Two things about Genesis: It was …
Merry Christmas
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it …
The day God changed (Part 4)
Through the Sundays in Advent I've been blogging about the ways in which God has changed for me, or rather of how my understanding of God has changed. It wasn't about changes in God but changes in me. But for those who are thinking God has never changed, you are wrong. God's nature has changed, …
The day God changed – part 2
When I became a Christian in 1974 I had a wonderful appetite for things to do with the faith. Church was not enough, you don't learn a lot from one ,or often two, sermons a week. Even a university Christian union once a week didn't satisfy my appetite, so it was first the Christian Union …
The day God changed
14th March 2006 was the day God changed. Or at least it was the day God changed for me. That was the day I had an accident. I blogged about it not long afterwards over on a now defunct site. That led to all kinds of questions as to what God was like. What kind …
Confidence
Confidence is something people admire, even subconsciously. there was an experiment which showed this on TV recently. A group of about 12 to 15 people were in a room with two doors. They were told that there would soon be a fire alarm and they had to leave by one door. What they were not …
Why do we do that?
Why join in? Yesterday I attended Choral Evensong at York Minster. Today it was back to the usual. And I enjoyed both. In York, the professionalism of the cathedral choir and organist combined with the acoustics of the minster itself was powerful. Though the lack of anything to join in with was missed. We sat, …
God exists by two falls to a submission
Debating the existence of God God exists by two falls to a submission, or so the Monty Python boys told us all those years ago. An idea that sounds silly, as does a lot of Python, but is no sillier than determining the existence of God by debate. Which is why the conversation on the …
Making an ass of myself 