Category Archives: Incarnation

Why Christian truth is messy

Posted on February 26, 2016 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

However carefully formulated, our written doctrines, theologies and moral codes don’t and can’t convey the fullness of Christian truth. That’s partly because words aren’t up to the job, as I said last time. But even more it’s because Christian truth … Continue reading →

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Spiritual = Physical + Emotional + Relational + …

Posted on March 14, 2015 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

All of life is spiritual. Religious types (and I include myself) often have an unfortunate tendency to over-spiritualise certain things, and under-spiritualise others… Over-spiritualising Many of us are quick to imagine spiritual causes behind things that go wrong, or to … Continue reading →

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Jesus is Charlie?

Posted on January 15, 2015 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

The ‘Je suis Charlie’ slogan and hashtag can hardly have escaped many people’s notice this last week. It arose in the immediate aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo killings, as a sign of support and solidarity – of personal identification with … Continue reading →

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The Incarnation: Why did God become human? (part II)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” John’s gospel “What if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us?” Joan Osborne Last time I looked at some of the reasons why God may have chosen … Continue reading →

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The Incarnation: why did God become human? (part I)

Posted on December 12, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

For me there are only two absolutely crucial miracles in Christianity, and they’re interlinked – the Incarnation and the Resurrection of Christ. In the first, God enters space-time and history and takes on our human nature, ‘humanising’ the deity. In … Continue reading →

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Is Jesus the Son of God?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

And if so, what does that really mean? As we approach advent and the annual celebrations of Jesus’ birth, I think these are questions worth thinking about. I remember a moment in my earlier days as an evangelical Christian when … Continue reading →

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The Ebola crisis and the abode of Christ

Posted on November 14, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

I had what I’d like to think of as a divine mishearing at church the other day. I was sure at first that the person leading the prayers had said ‘Let’s pray about the abode of Christ’. It took me … Continue reading →

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What use is Christianity?

Posted on June 18, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

 “But what manner of use would it be ploughing through that blackness?” asked Drinian.   “Use?” replied Reepicheep. “Use, Captain? If by use you mean filling our bellies or our purses, I confess it will be of no use at all. … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Waiting

Posted on April 17, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

I wrote this poem 15 years ago after a Maundy Thursday experience of what C.S. Lewis would have called Joy, or Sehnsucht. I was blissfully unemployed at the time, and was walking home through the park from giving a guitar … Continue reading →

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