Whenever we begin to reflect on the Holy Spirit there is a strong temptation to rush at once into a discussion of what he does, without pausing to consider, first... Read more about 'Holy Spirit, breath of God (1)'...
Whenever we begin to reflect on the Holy Spirit there is a strong temptation to rush at once into a discussion of what he does, without pausing to consider, first... Read more about 'Holy Spirit, breath of God (1)'...
Any discussion of the influence of Calvinism on economics immediately faces the challenge of the thesis propounded by Max Weber in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.[i] The... Read more about 'Calvinism and economics'...
Does God have feelings? The traditional Christian doctrine of Divine Impassibility answered with a resounding, ‘No! God’s life is marked by calm, unmoved tranquillity. Not only is he beyond the... Read more about 'Does God have feelings?'...
Thomas Boston is no longer a household name even in Scotland’s Christian families, and even those who have heard of him will know him only as the author of one... Read more about 'The Crook in the Lot'...
I have no idea whether the Reverend Richard Cameron, Minister of Scotstoun Parish Church, is good at his day-job, faithfully preaching Jesus Christ and him crucified; I am never happy... Read more about 'Gender and free speech'...
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We don’t usually think of the Roman Catholic Church as suffering from the kind of worship-wars which have so often disrupted Evangelical churches. After all, the Pope and the Magisterium... Read more about 'Worship wars, and the ‘simple people’'...
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First of all, a word of recapitulation. None of us argues her way to faith, but after we’ve come to faith we may well find that we have to justify... Read more about 'Why I believe in God (4): Jesus, God among us'...
It is not on the physical universe only that the Creator left his footprints. He has also left them on the story of the human race. He is not, as... Read more about 'Why I believe in God (3): his footprints in creation'...