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For thinking Christians

These short blogs by Chris reflect on topics such as the impacts of AI and technology, bizarre Bible passages, or current-day politics, as well as big questions like faith deconstruction, suffering and other religions.

Voices and lessons from 2018
5 min

The 5 best, worst and most surprising voices of 2018

From Boris to Trump and Gogglebox to Google … what did we learn from 2018? (a BREXIT free zone)

sacred salt, holy water & things that go bump
6 min

Sacred salt, holy water, and things that go bump in the night

Is deliverance ministry Biblical, … or is it bonkers?

Christianity versus atheism
5 min

What would it take to convince you that Christianity is false?

… or what would it take to convince you that Christianity is true?

Gospel according to Google
5 min

The Gospel According to Google

20 years on, has Google become an idol of our time?

Boris and the burka
5 min

Stop being offended on behalf of people who might be offended — Boris and the burka

Bank robbers, burkas and Boris

Miracles
5 min

Why don’t miracles happen today?”

Dispelling the myths around miracles

Do Christians Muslims and Jews worship the same God
5 min

Do Christians Muslims and Jews worship the same God?

Are Yahweh and Allah ultimately one and the same?

Weird stories in the Bible
4 min

Why are there weird stories in the Bible?

How to approach those bizarre Bible passages

Would you recognise Jesus
5 min

Would you recognise Jesus if you met him this week?

Most of us would not

facebook - its all about you
4 min

Facebook — its all about you

Should we the stop using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and all the other ways that our behavior is tracked online?

5 things i wish i'd known when i became a christian
5 min

5 things I wish I’d known when I became a Christian

5 things I wish someone had sat down and explained to me

What would Jesus say to Donald trump
5 min

Look before you tweet! What would Jesus say to Donald Trump, Theresa May, Mark Zuckerberg … ?

What Jesus might say to some of the world’s most famous figures?

3 lessons to learn from event sin 2017 - 2
5 min

World disasters, the Reformation and grace — 3 lessons from 2017

World disasters, the Reformation and grace — what we learnt from 2017

Christian lessons from 2017
4 min

Sexual harassment, secularism and spirituality — 3 lessons from 2017

Secularism, spirituality, and sexual harassment — what we learnt from 2017

One Thing from christ
2 mins

What’s the one thing the Bible says is important?

The most important thing in the Bible?