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Feeling The Force – Star Wars and Spiritual Truth
It’s 30 years since George Lucas first brought Star Wars to our cinema screens. Lifelong fan John C. McDowell hails a blockbuster rich in spiritual truth. Feeling the Force A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was no God. Or not, at least, the walking,...
The Godfather Of Shock Rock Comes Home To His Heavenly Father
“I am the perfect example of the prodigal son.” by Duke Taber He has been called the godfather of shock-rock, mixing elements of horror movies into acts that have included an unpalatable array of guillotines, fake blood, baby dolls and boa constrictors. Yet many would...
Bono & Eugene Peterson | THE PSALMS
God Exists
GOD EXISTS In this essay, Flew speaks of his recently acquired belief in God the Creator of the Universe. He became famous for his thesis that one should support the 'atheism' until it comes to light evidence of the existence of a God, now here affirms that such...
God as Wish Fulfilment?
Is God really there? Or is our sense of his existence nothing more than a secret hope that our greatest longings might be fulfilled? Is God for real – or is he just an illusion, like a dream in the night? These questions have long been debated within western...
How Do I Become a Follower of Jesus?
The Bible says: "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a...
Jesus and the Dynamic of the Gospel
For those who can remember as far back as the 1960’s and 70’s, there are two books that may well stand out in your memory. One is J.I. Packer’s Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God and the other, R.B. Kuiper’s God-Centred Evangelism. Both provide a theology of...
‘Miracles’ by Eric Metaxas
Miracles from the unfathomable to the banal are carefully studied by Eric Metaxas in his new book. What makes “Miracles” special is Metaxas’ personal recounting of stories from his life or the lives of his friends or professional acquaintances. Those looking for proof...
Does Science Disprove God? Author Explores the ‘Greatest Miracle of All Time’
Famed author Eric Metaxas believes that the universe is the “greatest miracle of all time” and that its complexities point to “something or someone beyond itself.” Metaxas, a Christian whose new book ”Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change...
Who is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology
Surely the most important question in the world is the one that forms the title for this article: 'Who is Jesus?'. Answering that question is the task of what we call 'Christology,' a word that means 'the study of Christ' and that refers to the branch of Christian...
The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it
Anti-faith proselytising is a growth industry. But its increasingly hysterical flag-bearers are heading for a spectacular failure It’s an extraordinary publishing phenomenon – atheism sells. Any philosopher, professional polemicist or scientist with worries about...
Amazing testimony of faith
6 Reasons to conclude that God exists
But first consider this. If a person opposes even the possibility of there being a God, then any evidence can be rationalized or explained away. It is like if someone refuses to believe that people have walked on the moon, then no amount of information is going to...
True Faith
What is Faith - mp3
BONO – U2
Nick Vujicic
The Truman Show
“The Truman Show” presents a television mogul’s dream. Reality television is a guaranteed audience pleaser today. Shows like “America’s Funniest Home Videos” have been followed by police and crime dramas about real fugitives and for the younger generation there’s...
The Matrix
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was for real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?” The year is around 2199, although we think...
Two ways to live
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple-simple enough to be outlined in a few pages. It is a message from the Bible about God and his son, Jesus. It is about life and death, and the choice that we all face. And it all starts with a loving...
God of Wonders
Feeling The Force – Star Wars and Spiritual Truth
It’s 30 years since George Lucas first brought Star Wars to our cinema screens. Lifelong fan John C. McDowell hails a blockbuster rich in spiritual truth. Feeling the Force A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was no God. Or not, at least, the walking,...
The Godfather Of Shock Rock Comes Home To His Heavenly Father
“I am the perfect example of the prodigal son.” by Duke Taber He has been called the godfather of shock-rock, mixing elements of horror movies into acts that have included an unpalatable array of guillotines, fake blood, baby dolls and boa constrictors. Yet many would...
Bono & Eugene Peterson | THE PSALMS
God Exists
GOD EXISTS In this essay, Flew speaks of his recently acquired belief in God the Creator of the Universe. He became famous for his thesis that one should support the 'atheism' until it comes to light evidence of the existence of a God, now here affirms that such...
God as Wish Fulfilment?
Is God really there? Or is our sense of his existence nothing more than a secret hope that our greatest longings might be fulfilled? Is God for real – or is he just an illusion, like a dream in the night? These questions have long been debated within western...
How Do I Become a Follower of Jesus?
The Bible says: "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a...
Jesus and the Dynamic of the Gospel
For those who can remember as far back as the 1960’s and 70’s, there are two books that may well stand out in your memory. One is J.I. Packer’s Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God and the other, R.B. Kuiper’s God-Centred Evangelism. Both provide a theology of...
‘Miracles’ by Eric Metaxas
Miracles from the unfathomable to the banal are carefully studied by Eric Metaxas in his new book. What makes “Miracles” special is Metaxas’ personal recounting of stories from his life or the lives of his friends or professional acquaintances. Those looking for proof...
Does Science Disprove God? Author Explores the ‘Greatest Miracle of All Time’
Famed author Eric Metaxas believes that the universe is the “greatest miracle of all time” and that its complexities point to “something or someone beyond itself.” Metaxas, a Christian whose new book ”Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change...
Who is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology
Surely the most important question in the world is the one that forms the title for this article: 'Who is Jesus?'. Answering that question is the task of what we call 'Christology,' a word that means 'the study of Christ' and that refers to the branch of Christian...
The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it
Anti-faith proselytising is a growth industry. But its increasingly hysterical flag-bearers are heading for a spectacular failure It’s an extraordinary publishing phenomenon – atheism sells. Any philosopher, professional polemicist or scientist with worries about...
Amazing testimony of faith
6 Reasons to conclude that God exists
But first consider this. If a person opposes even the possibility of there being a God, then any evidence can be rationalized or explained away. It is like if someone refuses to believe that people have walked on the moon, then no amount of information is going to...
True Faith
What is Faith - mp3
BONO – U2
Nick Vujicic
The Truman Show
“The Truman Show” presents a television mogul’s dream. Reality television is a guaranteed audience pleaser today. Shows like “America’s Funniest Home Videos” have been followed by police and crime dramas about real fugitives and for the younger generation there’s...
The Matrix
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was for real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?” The year is around 2199, although we think...
Two ways to live
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple-simple enough to be outlined in a few pages. It is a message from the Bible about God and his son, Jesus. It is about life and death, and the choice that we all face. And it all starts with a loving...
God of Wonders
Feeling The Force – Star Wars and Spiritual Truth
It’s 30 years since George Lucas first brought Star Wars to our cinema screens. Lifelong fan John C. McDowell hails a blockbuster rich in spiritual truth. Feeling the Force A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was no God. Or not, at least, the walking,...
The Godfather Of Shock Rock Comes Home To His Heavenly Father
“I am the perfect example of the prodigal son.” by Duke Taber He has been called the godfather of shock-rock, mixing elements of horror movies into acts that have included an unpalatable array of guillotines, fake blood, baby dolls and boa constrictors. Yet many would...
Bono & Eugene Peterson | THE PSALMS
God Exists
GOD EXISTS In this essay, Flew speaks of his recently acquired belief in God the Creator of the Universe. He became famous for his thesis that one should support the 'atheism' until it comes to light evidence of the existence of a God, now here affirms that such...
God as Wish Fulfilment?
Is God really there? Or is our sense of his existence nothing more than a secret hope that our greatest longings might be fulfilled? Is God for real – or is he just an illusion, like a dream in the night? These questions have long been debated within western...
How Do I Become a Follower of Jesus?
The Bible says: "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a...
Jesus and the Dynamic of the Gospel
For those who can remember as far back as the 1960’s and 70’s, there are two books that may well stand out in your memory. One is J.I. Packer’s Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God and the other, R.B. Kuiper’s God-Centred Evangelism. Both provide a theology of...
‘Miracles’ by Eric Metaxas
Miracles from the unfathomable to the banal are carefully studied by Eric Metaxas in his new book. What makes “Miracles” special is Metaxas’ personal recounting of stories from his life or the lives of his friends or professional acquaintances. Those looking for proof...
Does Science Disprove God? Author Explores the ‘Greatest Miracle of All Time’
Famed author Eric Metaxas believes that the universe is the “greatest miracle of all time” and that its complexities point to “something or someone beyond itself.” Metaxas, a Christian whose new book ”Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change...
Who is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology
Surely the most important question in the world is the one that forms the title for this article: 'Who is Jesus?'. Answering that question is the task of what we call 'Christology,' a word that means 'the study of Christ' and that refers to the branch of Christian...
The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it
Anti-faith proselytising is a growth industry. But its increasingly hysterical flag-bearers are heading for a spectacular failure It’s an extraordinary publishing phenomenon – atheism sells. Any philosopher, professional polemicist or scientist with worries about...
Amazing testimony of faith
6 Reasons to conclude that God exists
But first consider this. If a person opposes even the possibility of there being a God, then any evidence can be rationalized or explained away. It is like if someone refuses to believe that people have walked on the moon, then no amount of information is going to...
True Faith
What is Faith - mp3
BONO – U2
Nick Vujicic
The Truman Show
“The Truman Show” presents a television mogul’s dream. Reality television is a guaranteed audience pleaser today. Shows like “America’s Funniest Home Videos” have been followed by police and crime dramas about real fugitives and for the younger generation there’s...
The Matrix
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was for real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?” The year is around 2199, although we think...
Two ways to live
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple-simple enough to be outlined in a few pages. It is a message from the Bible about God and his son, Jesus. It is about life and death, and the choice that we all face. And it all starts with a loving...