thoughtful ideas on life's big questions
August 12th, 2025
Are we facing a loneliness epidemic? What can we do about it (for ourselves or for others)?
July 19th, 2025
The Turin shroud is a famous religious relic which is claimed to have been Jesus’ burial cloth, and contains an image of him. Sceptics say it is a medieval fake. After decades of studies, are we any closer to a definitive answer on whether it could be genuine, or not?
July 1st, 2025
If we think there must be a God, for whatever reason, where do we go from there? Which version of God is most believable?
June 1st, 2025
Does archaeology prove that Old Testament history is accurate? Or does it show it cannot be treated as history?
May 8th, 2025
The small dot in the picture is earth, viewed from far out in space. All of human history, every person’s life, the great achievements and works of art, the wars and the tragedies, all occurred on that dot (or for a very few people and days, on its moon that cannot even be seen here.) […]
March 27th, 2025
How well did the Old Testament prophets predict the future? Or were they doing something more and different to prediction?
March 3rd, 2025
Are the stories of Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, Noah and the Tower of Babel legends or true? Can the Bible be true if they are legends?
February 10th, 2025
The account of Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt and Joshua leading them into Canaan are important parts of the Old Testament. But are they true?
January 22nd, 2025
December 28th, 2024
Do you feel you need more hope in 2025? What gives people hope? Is it important? Are people’s hopes ever fulfilled?
A list of all blog posts, in reverse chronological order, is on the Blog archive page.