May

29

Going to an Eastern Orthodox church

May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Eastern Orthodoxy, General Discussion, Personal 

I’m going for a one week holiday to Corfu (Greece) on Monday (so I won’t be posting next week), and plan to go visit an Eastern Orthodox church. I haven’t got a clue what it’s going to be like, and look forward to see how they do things. I have a couple of things I’d […]

May

28

Blurry lenses and the quest for objectivity (!)

May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Prolegomena, Theology 

We all have presuppositions we bring to the bible. We all are tainted by our culture, beliefs, emotions, faults, and lack of understanding. It’s a mistake to think we can approach the bible objectively. We can’t… we’re not God! Whenever we read something, we have to interpret it. And that interpretation has to go through […]

May

27

False dilemmas… an evangelical problem

May 27, 2008 | 13 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Logic, Christian Philosophy, Theology 

Wikipedia has a good article on false dilemmas if you get stuck: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
False dilemmas are things I hear a lot of in the evangelical world. Black and white statements with no middle ground. Taking two things and putting them against each other, when they were never meant to be mutually exclusive. Sometimes it’s done with […]

May

26

Walking with Jesus… literally!

May 26, 2008 | 5 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Christian Life, Random thoughts, Personal 

I went for a little adventure today. It’s a bank holiday (a national holiday in England where all the banks close), so I decided I’d do something a bit different. Giving myself 3 hours I tried to see how far out of town I could get on foot. Here’s what I got up to:

This is […]

May

23

Speaking up for what we believe

May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Problems in the Church, General Discussion 

I have for some time now wanted to speak out against a belief that I think is wrong in my church. It is not fundamental to Christianity. It is not essential for salvation or orthodoxy. But it bothers me. It’s the kind of thing that frustrates and irritates me whenever I hear it and see […]

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