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Better Than God?

Have you ever noticed how some good people think they are better than God? They might be good because they are moralists or because they are religious. But it doesn’t matter: either way—really good people, whatever their belief system, tend to think they are better than God. Really good people, whatever their belief system, tend to think they are better than God. I was listening to a friend go on and on about how God, if he exists, has done this or that and it’s all wrong. I’m sure they thought they were just being reasonable, but they weren’t. I...

Glenn Hohnberg

Sneak a Look at Church Online: An Open Invitation

Dave McDonald

This is not a post for my friends who are pastors. They’re working overtime thinking about church online. This is for you, whether you go to church or you don’t. This is especially for those who don’t currently belong to a church and might be open to a sneak peek at church while we are all in lockdown. This is the first of a two-part blog series. The next one (link here) will be focused on how to make the most of church on line for those who go regularly. What should you look for? What do you have to...

Jesus – Taking the Virus to Heal the Rest of Us

​Rick Lewers

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friend.”  As I continue to reintroduce Jesus Christ to our thinking, I wonder if you knew that this is something Jesus Christ said. I wonder if you know that this is what Jesus Christ did. In fact he went one very big step further. One man who was prepared to take an honest look at himself in the aftermath of Jesus Christ’s death admitted, “that while we were in the activity of sin, rebellion against God, Jesus Christ died for us.” People may consider dying for...

Forgiveness

Peter Orr • ​Rory Shiner

Peter Orr and Rory Shiner continue their series introducing key Christian concepts. This time, forgiveness and sin. On the November 8th, 1987 the annual Remembrance Day memorial service was being held in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Among the attendees were local business-man Gordon Wilson and his 20-year-old daughter Marie. At 10:43am the IRA detonated an 18kg bomb in the vicinity of the service. Eleven people were killed that day including Marie Wilson. The twelfth victim, Ronnie Wilson (no relation to Gordon or Marie) died after spending 13 years in a coma. The bombing drew a ferocious reaction from around the world....

On Church

Peter Orr • ​Rory Shiner

Following their previous article about history and meaning, Peter Orr and Rory Shiner continue their series on key Christian ideas. Here they introduce the concept of “church” and show why you should get involved in one. As we saw in our previous post, the modern West struggles to find meaning. Life often seems listless, aimless and disappointing. In the words of philosopher Charles Taylor, we find ourselves asking, “Is that all there is?” We also struggle to generate community. Life feels disconnected, distant, and lonely. In the words of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, we find ourselves asking, “Can anybody...

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