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Sermon – The Sadducees and resurrection

Luke 20:27-38 Sermon preached in Bishopton Parish Church, on 7th November 2010, the twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost. I was watching a trailer the other day for a film which was released in October this year, called Hereafter. The main character … Continue reading

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Leaving triumphalism behind

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting rather tired of watching clergy and apologists defending the church. There is so much energy being spent in defending the church against Atheism, or Antitheism or any other theism for that matter, … Continue reading

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Follow up – Lily Allen

Due to some interesting comments exchange in my previous post ‘Questions about God‘, I feel compelled to explore a few reasons why I thought Lily Allen’s song ‘Him’ posed interesting questions about God. Let me just start by stating clearly, … Continue reading

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On Fundamentalism

Quote from John Shelby Spong, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism ‘The fundamentalists will appeal to the need for emotional security by trafficking in religious certainty. The system they create will survive momentarily – it might even flourish for a time … Continue reading

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