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Category: God Notes

  • Sermon on NineWorlds (Wisdom)

    It’s been a while since I posted a sermon here. That’s predominantly because I’ve moved to delviering sermons from notes. Unusually last weekend, I felt the need to write out the sermon, as it was going to be a bit complicated to make sure that everything was explained in order. That means that I have…

  • 40 Questions about why I support Gay Marriage

    As a socially-liberal Christian, there are now many reactions around the world in reaction to the USA’s acceptance of single-sex marriage. It’s odd that similar results in other countries have not produces such reactions. I have, of course, been in debate over this issue for many years, and many friends have sent me a link…

  • Nine Worlds Religious Track

    Hello! The Nine Worlds Religion Track needs You!. If you are a geek, and have a faith, then Nine Worlds is looking for speakers and panelists. If this is you, then please get in touch. For more information, please check the website! http://religion.psi23.co.uk/

  • Do you need to be baptised to be a Christian?

    Baptism with water is, and has been for a long time (at least the 3rd Century AD (Burnish, Raymond, The Meaning of Baptism, (London:SPCK), 1985 p1). However, the centrality of baptism does not necessarily make one a Christian. While for the Anglican churches of England and Wales, baptism is the de-facto sign of membership, membership…

  • This Anglican is for Marriage Equality

    Following the CofE Bishop’s Response to the matter of single-sex marriage, I was a little… irritated. For many, both members of the Church, and non-members, they find it difficult to see how the fact that there are provisions in law is not the same as equality. This is no-more obvious than when it’s seen in…

  • In The Beginning.

    [Writing a new version of the 9 lessons and Carols service with modern readings, we needed a new opening to it. I had long felt that the rather brief reading of Genesis 3 didn’t really give the scope of the view of God, so I wrote a paraphrase. Here it is, in case someone finds…

  • Memes, Proverbs, and Movie Quotes

    The internet is filled with “memes”. I use the “” advisedly, because they are distcint and different from the psydo-scientific term Meme. Of the “memes” that are floating about the internet, most seem to be a comment on life, but there are some that seem to be suggestions on how to live a better life.…

  • Water Found On Mars : The Impact on Theology

    http://youtu.be/6OMlekqnL8I : Water Found On Mars Yes, folks, it had to happen sooner or later. Water has been found on the red planet, Mars. Initially this might not seem such a big thing, but it means that, at some point, water in it’s fluid form may have been found in abundance on the surface, which…

  • The Litteral Adam

    This is one of those problems that’s been bugging me since I began reading a blog post about why, theologically, we _need_ a literal Adam. Annoyingly I couldn’t find the blog post again in order to take the points individually, but the general debate is based on the problem outline by Peter Enns in a…

  • Charismatic Leaders : Is there milage in this philosophy?

    I was challenged today over the role of Charismatic leaders in the Church. There is a feeling that the only way to draw people into the Church is through Charismatic leaders. No, I’m not here talking about “Leaders filled with the Spirit”, but leaders who personable, and have that magnetic personality that draws people to…

  • Tiamat and the Madonna and Child

    In Babylonian legend, Tiamat is the chaos creatrix. She creates the Babylonian gods, and the world, and then plots to overthrow the same gods because they seek after order, unlike her. This results in a series of battles which probably typifies the changing of deities in Babylon at the time. The god Ea tries, and…

  • Change and Taxes, well, mostly change.

    Death is through to be something “unnatural”, or so we are taught by by our Christian Doctrine. Through man’s disobedience sin and death entered the world. In Genesis 3 the assumption is that Adam and Eve are immortal (though no such claim is made), and that beyond Eden there is death, seen as the punishment…

  • Richard Dawkins Congratulates Wales

    … for being Atheist. Source : The BBC There’s something rather odd about being congratulated for having no faith. Perhaps in the same way it’s rather odd to be congratulated for having faith. Perhaps the worst thing about the article is Richard Dawkins being his usual vitriolic self, by making such sweeping statements as: He…

  • Genesis, and the rise of People, and Man and Woman

    While reading handy pull-out debate of Women Bishops in the Church Times (Church Times, 18 January, 2013), I came accross the article by Judy Stowell. She begins where the debate about women always begins : Genesis. She makes the point that when we first meet Adam, the Dustling, the person made of Dust, he stands…

  • Should Christians Carry a Gun?

    Adam Dickison said If somebody comes into steal my t.v. should I help them load of the V.C.R. and tv stand too? Maybe give them some cash for gas? I mean is my stuff so important? The gun in connection with protecting my stuff is where I’ve felt out of sync mostly In a dicussion…