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 …
Author Archives: Andy
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 …
Not being close to Christians.
Does anyone else find that their close friends – indeed the vast majority of their friends – aren’t Christians? I’ve always felt far more comfortable with non-Christians. I find that with Christians there’s always something in the way somehow or other; I feel both under pressure to project a version of myself which isn’t the …
Why is there suffering?
Why is there suffering? God can do anything, so why doesn’t he stop us from hurting? This article is a collection and re-organisation of the thoughts of loads of different people who contributed to the Wiki page called WhyGodAllowsuffering. Apologies if I’ve messed it up in any way. Important things to say first If you’re …
He doesn’t drive me away
Whatever it is that makes me dread praying – makes church so unpleasant – fills me with fear of getting too close to the truth – whatever it is, it isn’t God. When I look at it properly, my life is a demonstration of Immanuel – God with us – he’s always been with me, …
Singleness or Being Paul
This is an hot potato that has probably done the rounds but just some thoughts. God loves me whether I am single, married, with kids, without. OK. However I recognise that there are differences in how you are supposed to act, behave, think when you are single, especially in the church’s eyes. Are single people …