For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
If the Bible isn’t inerrant—if it’s a messy, human text shot through with contradiction and confusion—then what on earth do we do with it? Why bother? I want to stress that my aim in writing these posts has never been to reject the Bible, nor to reject God. Rather, I want to call into question... Continue Reading →
I need to confess to having a closet interest in Science. Many of the pupils I have taught would be horrified, given how much time I spend in my classes decrying it as the irresponsible obsession with throwing things off cliffs or buildings and timing the descent. But as many flaws as Science has, it... Continue Reading →
Blind jazz pianist, George Shearing, according to a popular story, was waiting at a busy intersection for somebody to help him across. He heard a tapping and a man spoke: “I am blind. Please could you help me across the road?” He is later quoted as responding: “What could I do? I took him across... Continue Reading →
The true test of a man’s character is to give him the moral high-ground and watch how he defends it. It is one thing to be right. It is quite another matter to be right graciously. This morning I passed the test. It was with some dismay that I discovered yesterday evening that there was... Continue Reading →
Vapors In The Wind 