Tag: Revelation

Return of the King

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We want to read the times rightly. Recent events in the Middle East including October 7th 2023, the Gaza conflict and the recent military engagement between Israel and Iran have got people talking about “The End Times.” This often gets people looking up the book of Revelation with its beasts and dragons. Is the book… Continue reading Return of the King

Let’s talk about God (analogy, metaphor and impassibility)

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Ronald S Baines in “Confessing the Impassible God responds to Don Carson’s critique of some formulations of Divine Possibility by arguing that: “The grid through which the confessional doctrine is viewed is not selected apriori asfter which the Biblical texts are viewed through this preconceived lens.”[1] Baines objects to Carson’s suggestion that an arbitrary grid… Continue reading Let’s talk about God (analogy, metaphor and impassibility)

Empires, beasts and demons: A response to Robert Gagnon on the Democrats and Republicans

US Scholar Robert Gagnon has engaged with John Stevens (FIEC) in a facebook post on this issue. He writes: “Yes, John Stevens and Fellow British Evangelicals: There Is Only One Political Party in America That Deserves the Label Satanic (and It’s Not the Republican Party) Robert Gagnon Only just now seeing that John Stevens, National… Continue reading Empires, beasts and demons: A response to Robert Gagnon on the Democrats and Republicans

Why it is important that we don’t assume that ethics based on God’s Word alone is arbitrary

I’ve recently been writing a little about the different strands of complementarian thinking. You can read about my attempts to map out the field of play, here. I’ve also commented about the problems when you don’t hear each other well, here.  I wanted to pick up a little more on the specific aspect of the… Continue reading Why it is important that we don’t assume that ethics based on God’s Word alone is arbitrary

COVID, Judgement and letting God disagree with you

One of the questions that came up during the COVID-19 pandemic was whether or not the pandemic was an act of judgement from God.  Some people suggested that God was judging particular countries such as the US and UK, others argued that we could at least see God using the pandemic to speak to, challenge… Continue reading COVID, Judgement and letting God disagree with you