I’ve modified the design of the blog a little. I’ve changed to a nice, clean sans-serif font and made the text slightly bigger – I think it looks better and is easier to read. The sidebar in particular has been changed, with fewer horizontal lines and more left border lines, in keeping with the style […]
If you’re not a Christian, or haven’t encountered Creationism before, the idea that the universe was in fact created by God in six days around 6000 years ago probably strikes you just as mad as believing that the Earth is flat. Richard Dawkins finds Creationism incomprehensible. In his review of Blueprints Solving the Mystery of […]
BBC2 tonight, 9pm: Trouble in Amish ParadiseAn extraordinary insight into the secretive world of the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When two radical Amish men, Ephraim and Jesse Stoltzfus, start to question some of the most fundamental aspects of their Amish culture, they face excommunication from their church and total rejection by their […]
Today is 200 years since Charles Darwin was born. You’ll probably already be aware of this, especially you’ve been watching the BBC recently, in which case you’ve probably not been able to go for five minutes without tripping up over one of their programmes in their Darwin season. Evolution remains a controversial subject among evangelical […]
Luke Wood has an interesting blog post Should Students Tithe Their Student Loans? (HT: Dave Bish). He argues that they shouldn’t, and quotes Alan Preston saying: “Our advice to university students is consistent. Please do not give out of your student loan. It would seem silly to borrow money from the student loan company or […]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_not_require_a_tv_1.html I’m a staunch supporter of the BBC and of public service broadcasting, in this time of digital media, on-demand services and subscription packages, the days of the license fee are numbered. In this brave new digital world, are there are fairer and more effective ways of charging people for what they want to watch, […]
Many Britons believe in Creationism or have doubts about Darwinian evolution, according to a new survey commissioned by Christian think-tank Theos and conducted by polling firm ComRes (see The Telegraph). You can download Theos’ report Rescuing Darwin on the current relationship between Christianity and Darwinism from their website. It contains more details of the survey, […]
My friend Swithun has been posting some thoughts on marriage and relationships under the needlessly provocative title of “The Christian Union is not a meat market, it’s a delicatessen“. But then, “needlessly provocative” sums Swithun up perfectly. And over on Ship of Fools, the topic of whether some people are “called to celibacy” came up […]
I received the book Planet Narnia for my birthday in November. It’s a fascinating and compelling look at the seven classical planets in C S Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, and does a great job of making its bold claim that the seven planets are the hidden key to the books seem plausible. Even if you […]
There are a couple of colourful Calvinist characters who often find their way onto my mp3 player, both of whom have had articles about them in the New York Times. The first is Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church, Seattle. He’s the Top Gear of Christian preachers – blokeish, un-PC, and usually very entertaining. […]
