The opening sentence of Jacques Ellul’s, ‘Islam and Judeo-Christianity: A Critique of their commonality’, reads, ‘For nearly a decade, French… Read more Western Academics once wore rose Coloured Glasses with regards to Nazism, They Do with Marxism, & They’re Doing the Same with Islam.
Category: Jesus Christ
Epiphany 2019: His Great Joy WILL BE Our Strength
Since 2014 I’ve been committed to considering what different things God might have to say at the close of Christmas.… Read more Epiphany 2019: His Great Joy WILL BE Our Strength
Life With God, Begins With, God With Us. Empowered For Commitment: God’s Grace Is Both Claim & Command
Grace shows humanity God’s commitment to humanity. This commitment isn’t the result of our empty attempts to placate a bored King… Read more Life With God, Begins With, God With Us. Empowered For Commitment: God’s Grace Is Both Claim & Command
Towards Augustine: From One Peregrinus To, And With, Another
Although I’ve browsed through ‘City of God’ and ‘On Christian Doctrine’, my main interaction with Augustine’s work centres on his… Read more Towards Augustine: From One Peregrinus To, And With, Another
The Rumble of Good Friday: In Jesus Christ, God Chose Fellowship With Humanity
Easter speaks of human salvation and God’s embrace of humanity. The Advent of the prophesied Jewish Messiah, who we celebrate… Read more The Rumble of Good Friday: In Jesus Christ, God Chose Fellowship With Humanity
Epiphany 2018: He Will Heal
Epiphany marks what is technically the end of Christmas. The wise men, avoiding Herod and his schemes visit Mary, Joseph… Read more Epiphany 2018: He Will Heal
The Politics Of Realignment: A House of Slavery Or The House of Freedom
The general reasoning against any sizeable interest in the suffering and pain of Germans in World War Two might go along these… Read more The Politics Of Realignment: A House of Slavery Or The House of Freedom
Confessions: Barmen, Barth & Busch
For some time now I have been seriously captivated by the Barmen Declaration and the Confessing Church. I recently had… Read more Confessions: Barmen, Barth & Busch
Jesus Is Victor: Karl Barth On God’s Triumph and Human Triumphalism
In his discussion on ‘The Freedom of Man for God’, Karl Barth distinguishes between human triumphalism and ‘God’s triumph’[i]. Barth’s… Read more Jesus Is Victor: Karl Barth On God’s Triumph and Human Triumphalism
Words Fail Wherever Pain Grips The Heart
. Quiet thunder shifted from within the gloom His hands, like blackened skies, slowly eased open, Salt water is a… Read more Words Fail Wherever Pain Grips The Heart