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The Resurrection in the Christian Faith

The Resurrection in the Christian Faith

June 10, 2007January 10, 2021
Michael Macneil
There is no doctrine within the Christian religion that provokes such intellectual ridicule as the Resurrection and it was one of the first to be “reinterpreted” in the post-Darwinian rati... Read More
The Hebrew Scriptures in the Book of Revelation

The Hebrew Scriptures in the Book of Revelation

June 9, 2007January 9, 2021
Michael Macneil
John, the writer of the Apocalypse (traditionally thought of as the Apostle John, this is hotly contested in liberal scholarship but seems well supported by the Johannine theology of the book and its ... Read More
The Christology of Mark

The Christology of Mark

April 10, 2007January 10, 2021
Michael Macneil
Mark’s Gospel is often mischaracterised as shallow and a “young man’s excited report about this cool dude Jesus” – this is because the Greek used in its composition is ve... Read More
The Miracle Of Life - remembering the story of Millie McDonagh

The Miracle Of Life – remembering the story of Millie McDonagh

March 8, 2007January 8, 2021
Michael Macneil
What Price Life? (This was originally written in 2007, I have updated the abortion statistics) It was reported in The Times on March 1st this year that baby Millie McDonagh was allowed to go home. Wha... Read More
Kant's Moral Argument for the Existence of God

Kant’s Moral Argument for the Existence of God

December 9, 2006January 3, 2021
Michael Macneil
Immanuel Kant  (1724 – 1804) is considered by many philosophers to be one of the most important of Western philosophers, if not the most important.  His Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 2nd edi... Read More
The Council of Nicea

The Council of Nicea

November 26, 2006January 10, 2021
Michael Macneil
The Council of Nicea in 325CE following the Roman Empire’s Edict of Toleration  of 313CE was one of the first and most important of the councils ever held by the Church presided over by the Emp... Read More
Understanding Deuteronomy

Understanding Deuteronomy

November 16, 2006January 10, 2021
Michael Macneil
One of the hardest modules of my undergraduate theology studies was Old Testament studies.  I did not like the lecturer (professor for US readers!) and had frequent clashes.  He was, it seemed to me... Read More
Hume and the Argument from Design

Hume and the Argument from Design

November 14, 2006January 3, 2021
Michael Macneil
David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scots philosopher who developed empiricism in opposition to the continental Rationalism.  More than any other thinker of his time, perhaps with the exception of Immanuel ... Read More
Kant's Criticism of the Ontological Argument

Kant’s Criticism of the Ontological Argument

October 17, 2006January 3, 2021
Michael Macneil
The ontological argument is considered unique amongst arguments for God’s existence because it is the only argument that can be classified as an a priori argument.  By this we mean the sequence of ... Read More

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