“I’m not the religious kind.”

“NO Pastor, go and talk to someone else. I’m afraid I’m not the religious kind.” That is very often said, and I have a lot of sympathy with it. There is something creepy and sanctimonious, something effeminate and wet about that phrase “the religious kind.”...

Is Christianity Intellectual Suicide?

Why become a Christian when Christians are as bad as anyone else?

I don’t have to tell you that in our lives today we are surrounded by plenty of hype and spin, things and people who claim to be genuine but turn out to be fake and not the genuine article. Many people, maybe including you perhaps don’t even want to consider Christianity because in your personal experience Christians are as bad, or good as everyone else...

Is religion only for the weak?

Why bother with Christianity?

There are some people who feel very strongly against religion in general or Christianity in particular. These people would feel very angry and passionate at any mention of Christianity and devote a great deal of time and energy to seeking to dissuade believers from their faith and preventing any potential converts from making such a terrible mistake...

If salvation is a gift, then can't I live however I like?

Let me begin by saying that this is a good question. In fact it is a question you will only ask if you have begun to understand just how extraordinary the Christian message is...

Ignorance is... bliss?

Here’s a question for you… Do you think Britain is a religious country? Would you say we’re very religious? I don’t mean Christian, I just mean religious. Is there a form of religion? Are there objects of worship? I did think it was odd that a secular country gave so much coverage to the death of the Pope. Or what about when Princess Diana died? There was quite a bit of talk about heaven.

Do Bad People Get Away With It?

What will Heaven be like?

Why isn’t ‘good enough’, good enough for God?

One of the most common errors made in thinking about Christianity is to mistake good people for Christians. It is possible to be a good person and be an atheist. It is also possible to be a good person and be a Christian. However, having said that, it is necessary to say that it is possible to be good and still go to hell. In fact, hell will be full of good people...

Why send anyone to hell?

It seems there are certain things you just can’t say. For example, in one school I read about recently, a story entitled The Friendly Dolphin was rejected because it “discriminates against pupils who do not live near the sea”...

God is... Trinity

From all eternity the Trinity has existed in love. God is not as a solitary individual, but as divine community...

God is... creator

The argument from design contends that the natural world is so complex and suited to our survival that it needed a Designer. Therefore there is a God who designed it...

Did Jesus think He was God?

Recently there has been a lot of speculation concerning the real identity of Jesus. The question we are considering is, did Jesus himself think he was just a great teacher, a social revolutionary, a prophet, a miracle worker even, but still just a human being? Or, did he think he was more? Did he think he was the unique, eternal Son of God; that is, God incarnate – God in human flesh?

Is Jesus the Jewish Messiah?

What happened to the body of Jesus?

In The Tomb of God, Paul Schellenberger and Richard Andrews proposed a conspiracy theory to beat them all. They suggested that Jesus’ bones were removed in the twelfth century and now lie buried in south-western France, under tons of rock. It was a bestseller, but that is no guide to its truthfulness...

The Empty Tomb: Fact or Fiction?

An examination of both Pauline and gospel material leads to eight lines of evidence in support of the conclusion that Jesus' tomb was discovered empty…

Resurrection Appearances: Hallucinations or History?

Critical studies have sometimes attempted to cover too much territory when dealing with the topic of Jesus’ resurrection. However, rather than highlight what many contemporary scholars think cannot be known about the New Testament testimony, I want to concentrate on the evidence that we do have...

Is God in control of suffering and evil?

You and I did not go through the Holocaust. We have, at most, only the dimmest notions of the horrors Wiesel experienced. Yet we may know all too well something about the multitudinous ways in which human beings hurt each other, both intentionally and unintentionally; and we may find this knowledge disorienting and shattering to our own faith...

Who or what causes suffering?

…You remember righteous Job. He had it all—money, land, status, family. One day in God’s throne room, Satan broached his disgust over Job’s pious reputation. “The man loves you because you bribe him,” he argued. “But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

Is There A Basis For Ethics?

Don't all religions grasp something of the truth?

The story of the blind men and the elephant is well known, but there is a lesser known account of the blind men in a parallel universe visiting a zoo. This second story is far more interesting and, I would argue, far more enlightening...

Do all religions lead to God?

Human beings are incurably religious. Perverse and perverted though religious practices may be, in every part of the globe people ‘worship’....

'There is no absolute truth'

Ignorance is... bliss?

Here’s a question for you… Do you think Britain is a religious country? Would you say we’re very religious? I don’t mean Christian, I just mean religious. Is there a form of religion? Are there objects of worship? I did think it was odd that a secular country gave so much coverage to the death of the Pope. Or what about when Princess Diana died? There was quite a bit of talk about heaven.