Get me out of here!
"For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself." John 5.26 Many people crave "a simple...
A contradiction in terms?
"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain." Psalm 139.6 Sometimes trying to conceive of God is like looking...
Holy ground
"I am who I am" Exodus 3.14 I trained for ministry at St Mary's College in St Andrews where Professor Bill Shaw was Principal. One of the...
The problem of evil
"This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt..." Job 38.11 How can a thoroughly good and all-powerful God...
Miracle or make-believe?
"Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for...
Explaining away
"Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." John 1.3 We used to have it all sewn up: God was in...
How green is God?
"... whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night." Psalm 1.2 What exactly is the relationship...
Reason or revelation?
"Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." John 20.29 Cynics dismiss...
Deus ex machina (google it!)
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Genesis 50.20...
Is history really what it claims to be?
"... he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the...