I went to see The Passion and I thought it was really beautiful, but then I started to think that dying on a cross seems like a really funny thing for a God to do. We (Christians) always say that it was necessary for the forgiveness of sins, but if this is the case then …
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Did you join the mailing list?
At 1.31am on Saturday 20th March I got several mailing list requests sent through to me which I think were sent by some kind of junk mail thing, so I’m ignoring them. If you submitted these addresses, and you are a real person, please email me and I’ll add them to the mailing list! Andy@GuiltyExpression.org
The Bride’s Near Future
I believe there’s coming a time that Christianity will go through a second reformation. We will see once again, as Martin Luther was disgruntled, discouraged people leaving outdated traditions to find something of substance. People are starting to awaken spiritually, and see that this physical world is not all that there is. People are starting …
Heaven
Paul in 2 Cor 12 v 2 talks about experiencing the third heaven. Jewish tradition talks about 3 or 7 heavens. Revelation talks about a ‘new’ heaven. Dante, back in the middle ages, had many levels of heaven and hell. Its good to see that through the ages man has struggled with trying to understand …
Buddhism
I had a thought recently: If you assume for a second that Christianity is completely right, then Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Christian cults, etc. are distortions of that truth, but some other faiths can be seen more as being outright denials of it. The one I know more about (although still almost nothing) is Buddhism, and …
How can you believe something so stupid?
I have recently been having what you might call “doubts”. It all started on our lab Christmas outing – as usual, I was closely questioned about being a Christian from all angles. I enjoy the questions about theology and so on, and I think I answered them fairly well, but the question that really stung …
Losing your faith
This is for a good friend of mine who has started to think that it’s all made up. I don’t know why, but as I read this this morning I thought it was for you, mate: Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening …
Untitled
Jesus, why did you make me? Presumably for some kind of relationship. Apparently for a friendship. So why is there nothing? What do friends do? They talk together – spend time, laugh, discuss. I just sit. Where are you? I just sit and talk to the air. And wish it was different. Don’t you? But …
i’ve just discovered that I’ve never really given grace
I’m so disappointed with my Christian enginiering. You know the place in your heart that spent a good deal of time learning what to and what not to say in order to look good. Yeah, you know the one… the socially acceptable Christian. The less “feeling” taste great Christian. It seems like for the first …
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The Curse of New-Testamentitis
There’s a plague across the land. It leads to much evil and pain. It deceives with its attractive twisting of the real truth. Dare you whisper its name? …new testamentitis… “NTitis” has been with us in various forms for a long time, but I feel it’s having a real resurgence at the moment in some …