As Evangelicals, as Christians in the modern West, we very much have a view of the Christian life that equates faith to relationship. However, this relationship itself is poorly defined and at best, when pressed about it, all we can say is that it amounts to “knowing God and not just about him.” Fundamentally though, I think […]
Read more "Do we really have a “Relationship” with Jesus?"“Wisdom and Knowledge shall be the stability of thy times.” Taken from Isaiah 33.6, this small statement is the motto of my university and is supposed to be a reason for me, as a student in university, to learn about the world around me: of science and of humanities. However, this belies one important thing […]
Read more "University and the Centrality of Faith"I am an Evangelical, and I am ashamed of Evangelicalism, specifically the American brand of conservative Christianity, and its approach to science as something to be feared. Whether its evolution, or global warming, or psychology, a large number of evangelicals approach science with needless credulity, undermining the scientific process, harming children, and fostering a faith […]
Read more "Science and Evangelicalism"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or powers— all things were created through him, and for him. He himself is before all things, […]
Read more "Surpassing Hope in Christ"As it is, there are many members, yet one body. . . . Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. I Corinthians 12.20,27 As Christians we have an interesting phrase as a reminder of our personhood as Christians: “you are the hands and feet of Christ in the world.” And […]
Read more "The Hands and Feet of Christ"These are my thoughts on the recent debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye I am a creationist. I agree with the central premise that Ken Ham put forth: God created the world by the breath of his mouth and the work of his hands. But not just that! I am also a student of […]
Read more "I am a creationist"Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” —Luke 18:17 Fiction is a powerful thing; it moves the soul and spirit by displaying the hopes and fears of humanity in a way that we can imagine in our mind and hope for in […]
Read more "Fairytales, Fiction, and Childlike Faith"Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. –Mark 9.24 Have you ever dealt with doubt, real doubt? I have and occasionally I still do; occasionally there are nights where I look up at the ceiling and question “is what I say even true, is God really there, does he actually love me?” and I can […]
Read more "A Struggle with Doubt"There’s a well known poem out there called “invictus” by William Ernest Henley. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance […]
Read more "Bloody, and yet bowed"Christianity is a religion of labels, so much so that in many ways I feel so unfree to explore in public the ultimate metaphysical question of “what is reality” or “what is truth.” If we are honest with ourselves, labels are stereotypes that undermine a culture of grace making a culture of labeling one of […]
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Defined Faith 