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The Hebrew Scriptures in the Book of Revelation
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
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
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
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 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
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
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