Recent content by AndrewZinc

It's a difficult one, not wanting to abandon those you share fellowship with. In a sense if the church is facing closure and the leadership don't believe God is going to turn things around, it'll be a moot point. But only you can decide whether to leave before that. My church also has...

We could counter each of those assaults on God's character biblically. However, since you reject the authority of Scripture it becomes a somewhat pointless exercise. We're not going to convince one another coming from two polarising world-views. Not until the end I suppose when we'll find out...

Stephen Fry has rejected the existence of God. If God were to exist, Stephen Fry knows how he should have created a better world, dealt better with his people and even how his character could be improved. In a sense, what Stephen Fry thinks, doesn't matter. The truth is that God doesn't have...

I find that an incredibly disturbing statement. If you accept that there is a God, and that he is loving, why would he make it so hard to find out the truth? If you are the only one who has discovered right belief, doesn't that make alarm bells ring? The New Testament letters (no doubt you...

Indeed. Bad things happen in a fallen world. That's why evangelism can't wait.

It's awful. I went to a prayer meeting at the local Free Church last night. It wasn't that busy but I think St George's Tron will be today as it is two minutes walk from the crash sight. I suppose a good thing about these incidents is that they seem to drive people to prayer, even irreligious...

I haven't decided which I sign up to. I'd like to be able to say that God used evolution to bring about creation. However, I can't accept that human beings evolved from apes or anything else. That's incompatible with the Biblical account as there is a clear distinction between humanity - the...

I was channel-flicking last night and God TV had a programme called "An Evening with Wendy" - the spurned wife, and the last few times the channel seems to be more about her than God. Last night she was speaking to a Kat Kerr who claimed to go on regular trips to heaven and could answer any...

I agree with the above post - I don't think it's harmful to allow a belief in Santa Claus, although I wouldn't go out of my way to promote it, e.g. a trip to Lapland to see Santa. I'm going from experience as well - I grew out of belief in Santa and think my parents got the balance right. C.S...

My parents chose it twenty years ago due to the welcome we received. It's not my parish church, but still in my town. They have since left due to theological drift in the denomination but I'm hanging on in there. I don't want to leave - it'd be painful - but I may have to. I'd prefer to go to...

:amen: Only joking - I went to London just before the Referendum in case it became a foreign country! I voted 'no'. I know it may be considered touristy but I really enjoyed the Emirates Airline (cable car) - reasonably priced and it was much higher and longer than I expected.

An important job! Going back to my great grandparents I'm: 60% Scottish, 20% English, 20% Northern Irish. My great great grandfather was born in central London in 1857, and married a local girl when his ship was docked at a Scottish island, that's where my family name became Scottish. The...

Perhaps, but it depends on the culture. In my own (U.K. / Scotland) children are taught at school that it's normal. Everybody does it. It's good to experiment. (In non-denominational schools anyway, not sure how Roman Catholic ones handle it.) So I can't just write it off as cultural pressure...

I've seen worse. My surname is English so I just had to choose one.

Great pics Paulie079 and others! I had that thought too! I was surprised how far back I had to go to get a good one of me looking smart - I'm usually behind the camera, that's the problem, and I have no lady to pose with. :(