The idea for the story could have turned out to be a good one but I think it failed to rise to its potential. The premise is that someone called Theo (get it – theo means God?) finds a scroll which turns out to be another Christian gospel, another eye-witness account of the death of [...]
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This must be one of the silliest books I have ever read. The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber
Posted: 27th April 2012 by graham in Culture, reviewsA lone church building stands in a sea of fields
Posted: 19th March 2012 by graham in Church, Culture, My life, preach_it!Watching the passing scenery from the moving train I see the old building with it’s tall slender spire. Its seems to be far from the nearest community. Seeing it’s isolation I wonder what good its does. Even as the question comes into my mind, the answer comes too. I see the manse near the church [...]
David Cameron polygamy and the tail trying to wag the dog
Posted: 18th March 2012 by graham in Culture, news_commentThere is something grotesque, rather than comical, about David Cameron’s present attempt to be the tail that wags the dog as he is pushing through changes to the nature of marriage in this country. There is something comical about the thought of the tail trying to wag the dog but there is nothing comical about [...]
Christians are being encouraged to boycott shops that have Christmas trees, Santa and cheesy seasonal music but no mention of Christmas
Posted: 29th November 2011 by graham in Culture, GlobalAccording to the initiative at saymerrychristmas.net Christians are also being encouraged to say “Merry Christmas” to friends and work colleagues instead of the American habit of saying “Happy holidays,” or the more British “Seasons greetings.” I received some info about this in an email and think it looks largely American, but it is relevant here [...]
General Lord Richard Dannatt on the Moral and Spiritual Vacuum
Posted: 15th November 2011 by graham in Culture, news_commentIn the 2011 Theos annual lecture delivered last week, General Lord Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff, said the Armed Forces could no longer presume that new recruits “would have absorbed an understanding of the core values and standards of behaviour required by the military from their family or from within their wider [...]
Some Christians think Mormons are Christians
Posted: 28th October 2011 by graham in Church, Culture, preach_it!As an ex Mormon I have been interested in the rise of Mit Romney and especially how the USA’s international reputation may be harmed if they elected a Mormon as President. A friend sent me details of an interview on Fox TV of a few years back between Joel Osteen and the host of the [...]
Government’s support for same-sex marriage could cost them as many as 30 seats and 1.1 million votes at the next election
Posted: 5th May 2012 by graham in Culture, news_commentAs the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) petition nudges ever closer to the 500,000 signatures mark, poll results published this week indicate that the Government’s support for same-sex marriage could cost them as many as 30 seats and 1.1 million votes at the next election. Yesterday, Ministry of Defence Minister, Gerald Howarth, highlighted issues such as [...]