Someone said yesterday that they’d been speaking to an African Christian who pointed out that when we say things like “we’re so lucky” and “God has given us so much” that is an incredibly materialistic view of the world. And this morning that set me thinking about how much God has given us spiritually: how …
Author Archives: Andy
Hip Hop: The unforgivable sin?
“Blessed are those in the struggle, oppression is worse than the grave. It is better to live and die for a noble cause than to live and die as a slave.” It was these lyrics to a track by Black Samurai that first inspired me to write an article. It is the subject and objects …
Why go on about belief?
I’ve been worrying about this a bit lately, and recently I’ve read several bits of the Bible that make me worry more: why is God so interested in us believing in him? The usual way we are told you become a Christian is by believing, turning away from everything we do wrong, and giving our …
Turn the other cheek, George
I thought you might be interested in reading the following article: Turn the other cheek, George. It is also well worth trawling through all the responses – among the “Religion is stupid!”-like comments there are some really good embellishments and counter-arguments from both Christians and others.
Why aren’t Christians more sexist?
Or to put it another way, why do we apply such double standards to Paul’s letters. I have been recently reading through Paul’s letters [and suffering my traditional irritation as I think he is self-righteous and self-obsessed.] I was unsurprisingly (yet again!) annoyed by his various diatribes on women. I think the gist of them …
Horror and the absence of God
I love horror movies. They are far and away my favourite film genre. Just saying that has got me some very bad looks from Christians before now, but allow me to explain why … There are lots of reasons to like horror movies: they tend to be very ironic and self-aware, which is always good, …
A thought for the day.
I wrote this for the purpose of a daily reflection, a thought for the day. I am no English scholar but I would like to know others insights or reflections which they have had and so I offer one of mine. You wake to the sound of your stereo as it forcefully throws out pressure …
God is Sneaky
This is more of a ‘have you ever felt like this’ article rather than a BIG QUESTION I am struggling with though I do feel that it could start off some interesting stuff about how God affects our lives/influences us in a real way… So, enough ‘prep’ and here is the real thing. Has anyone …
On Attempting to Comb God’s Hair
A friend of mine has convinced me that people who do maths at university study truly wacky things. For instance, he claims that he once took an 18 lecture course to show that you can’t comb the hair down on a hairy sphere. Eh? Imagine a circle with hair growing out of it. You can …
The Rich Young Man
This is a story that has come to mean a great deal to me. I used to think that what I lacked in my life was a direct challenge from God; that if like some first century martyr I was thrown into a place where the choices were simple, black and white and irrevocable, I …