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Mostly I agree with what Hedrick has said. I'd just like to add this. I remember Brian McLaren at Greenbelt a few years ago talking about reading the Bible as a record of many conversations and debates about God. For instance, the Book of Job is part of a debate about whether the righteous are...

Woke up this morning; my wife and I prayed together; I had a lovely omelette for breakfast; just enjoying a tasty cup of coffee; half an hour before I need to go out; beautiful peace! Thank you, Lord.

Yes she did - I'm sincerely hoping it was an ironic comment.

At the risk of going over old ground once again, and boring regulars silly, that question to me is equivalent to saying, Can anyone provide a Bible scripture that legitimises getting tattoos, or wearing clothing made of mixed fibres, or clipping off the edges of men's beards? For that matter...

We liberals don't often call for people to be burned at the stake, nor do we tend to want to censor their reading. Obviously you should use your critical judgement, and be wary of claims to speak for God, but after a very quick internet search on Sarah Young, it seems she is simply following in...

I heard him speak at Greenbelt (a festival in the UK) a couple of years ago about St Francis. He was great.

I agree, Joykins. Biblical Literalism is not a Biblical concept. I don't believe Job existed. I believe a writer about 2500 years ago was inspired by his (probably his rather than her, but who knows) faith in God and experience of extreme suffering, whether personally or in others, to write a...

The word 'humanism' was used in the nineteenth century to refer to an interest in the study of human culture, and became extended to mean those interested in human welfare. Scholars still talk about Renaissance Humanists, including Erasmus, Thomas More, Francis Bacon, even Shakespeare - most of...

Speaking as a Brit, I found the article interesting, but not very convincing in what it had to say about the UK. The Church of England used to be referred to dismissively as 'the Conservative Party at prayer' and while that image has changed, there are still plenty of people around who see it...

I love it! :clap: I'd be skeptical about the flashing lights on the video, and I'd think about this: the gifts of God are for the building up of God's kingdom. Does God want to build his kingdom by preying on the impressionable like a charlatan in a travelling show, or by transforming the...

For anyone who likes poetry, I wrote four new poems, one each for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, which you can read my clicking on 'My CF poetry blog' below. Warning: I tend to write in free verse, so if you only like rhyming verse they may not be for you. I'd...

Welcome AppleI. Intriguing name - the apple of God's eye, or a devotee of the late Steve Jobs, or both...

Thank you for putting us right on this. I think the creator showed his sense of humour when he created the world 50 years ago. He strategically placed some fake historical documents around to tempt liberals into believing in a history of reform and progress away from proper conservative values...

just a quick response - in Mark 5, Jesus touches a dead girl (though she comes back to life) and is touched by a woman who has been haemorrhaging for 12 years. Would that make him ritually unclean? And when he said that it is not what goes into a man that makes him unclean but what comes out of...

I would be sad if this forum closed. I have been inspired and enlightened by posts from a number of wonderful people (Jase, Hedrick, Izdaari, Lismore and others) and look forward to more of the same. I understand that people feel hurt that discussion of homosexuality has been forceably...

An interesting debate. It often seems to be the case that atheistic humanists have more rigid understandings of what is orthodox than many practising Christians do. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary tells me that the term 'orthodox' was first used in the Eastern Churches to distinguish them from the...