by Barney | Sep 28, 2015 | Bible, Theology
The Bible is the primary authority for all Christians. But this causes a problem when we are asked “why do you trust what the Bible says?” Whatever reason we have must be a higher authority still, because we trust that when it tells us to trust the Bible. Neither can...
by Barney | Sep 3, 2015 | Bible
“The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin” – 1 John 1:7 “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be...
by Barney | Aug 27, 2015 | Bible
A Reflection on Ephesians 1:17-23 Paul tells the Ephesians that Jesus has been seated “far above every rule and authority and power and dominion.” Not that he one day will be, but that he already is. Even more shockingly, he says that this power is available “for us...
by Barney | Aug 20, 2015 | Culture, Philosophy
I want to suggest that over the last few decades there has been a slow decline in objections to Christianity taking the form: “How could an all-powerful, loving God allow so much evil and suffering in the world?” The question itself comes from a modernist culture...
by Barney | Jul 21, 2015 | Philosophy
In 1981 the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre converted to Christianity during the course of writing his most famous work, After Virtue. The book argues that today’s Western understanding of right and wrong (morality) is a shipwreck of disconnected fragments that...
