Resumé of previous articles Read more about 'Why I believe in God (5): The Empty Tomb'...
Resumé of previous articles Read more about 'Why I believe in God (5): The Empty Tomb'...
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'...
Theology, in a nutshell, is about putting people in a position where they can speak a word about God; and since almost everyone has something to say about God, almost... Read more about 'What's theology about?'...
As I mentioned in my last posting, Saint Paul’s statement that every human being is by nature aware of God’s eternal power and godhead is an entirely apt description of... Read more about 'Why I believe in God (2): the bankruptcy of the alternatives'...
All my life I’ve believed in God. That may sound like a dangerous admission. Does it not immediately confirm the suspicion that religious belief is a matter of historical accident:... Read more about 'Why I believe in God (1): a sense of deity'...
This is the substance of a talk given at the Scottish Evangelical Society Annual Conference in Glasgow, 21st – 22nd March, 2018. Read more about 'The Greatness of God: a meditation '...
A review of A Trinitarian Theology of Religions, by Gerald R. McDermott and Harold A. Netland (Oxford University Press. 331 pages. No price. ISBN 978-0-19-975183-9). Read more about 'The world of religions: a book review'...
Great to see the decision of our Scottish Supreme Court upheld by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, but it ought not to have come as a surprise. Read more about 'Of a free Parliament and free General Assemblies'...
First of all, a brief comment on the word "Disruption". It is often taken to mean a disruption of the Church itself, but that is not how it was seen... Read more about 'Hugh Miller and the Disruption '...