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Apr 2020
20

Sovereignty / Free will

Is it fair that Pharaoh is punished, if it is God who is making him stubborn?

Aug 2019
15

‘What in God’s name is happening in Christianity?’

‘We now learn who God is from singing praise songs rather than the teachings of the Word’

Mar 2019
11

It’s (not) the end of the world...

Jesus has warned us in advance, so we know what is to come, to keep our faith firm in the only one who can carry us safely to the end.

Sep 2018
12

Give to Caesar...

When Jesus says, ‘Give back to Caesar what is Caesar and to God what is God’s,’ is there anything more going on than a clever answer?

Jul 2011
20

Forgiveness and the Second Chance

I am a Christian. I believe that when we turn back to the Father and repent of our sins, we are truly forgiven through Jesus’ blood shed on the cross, and given new life through his resurrection and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Categories Bible Theology

Feb 2009
17

Incorporation ‘in Christ’ and Justification

I am currently reading Tom Wright’s latest book, Justification: God’s plan and Paul’s vision . I am about a fifth of the way through, and so far it is typical Wright: engaging, well-written and though..

Apr 2008
18

Assurance

I had a long conversation last night with a good friend about various theological topics. Some of them will find their way on here, in time. The first of them is the doctrine of assurance. How can we ..

Mar 2008
7

Evangelical humility

Evangelicals need to approach their theological formulae with more humility than in the past. It is the scriptural word that is infallible, not our ever imperfect attempts to restate it in appropriate..

Feb 2008
5

Faithfulness and sovereignty

Some of the BA students in college have been writing about the impassibility of God, which has prompted not a few discussion in the Common Room over coffee and snooker. One of them has written three b..

Feb 2008
1

Do we choose God?

This is by way of an extension of a previous post on this topic. A friend at college used to sing ‘ I have decided to follow Jesus’, emphasizing the ‘ I ‘ to annoy any Calvinists he might come across...