God and me
I’m now 80 years old and this blog is about to turn 20. It seemed a good time to summarise how my beliefs have changed over those years.
Tag: Belief
Things I know at Christmas
The Christmas story may not be fully historical and our celebrations are more capitalist than christian. But there are still worthwhile things we can believe about Christmas.
“It’s no secret that our world is in darkness tonight”
There’s a lot of darkness in the world this Christmas, but Jesus came to dispel darkness …. and he calls us to do the same.
Is there a God? 10 helpful books
Ten books that I have found extremely helpful and sometimes ground-breaking, in thinking about the existence of God.
The day God saved my life …. perhaps
I don’t really expect God to speak to me. But one day he did, and it may have saved my life!
Death, pain & predation
A biochemist considers why predation and death are an inevitable part of the world we live in.
Did God create a wasteful universe?
The universe seems way larger than it needs to be to provide a place for us humans. Is that an argument against creation by God? What does science say?
Impossible to believe – or just hard?
It’s complicated trying to understand whether there’s a God and how we can know him or please him. Here’s my thoughts on what I can and can’t believe.
Scientists (and others) vs God?
More than a dozen stories of people who’s life journey took them in unexpected ways towards God, in three recent books.
How to think your way into religious belief?
A journalist sums up some of the evidence that there is more to the world and life than materialism suggests.