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Virtually Reformed: Does child mortality really shatter faith?

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Sunday, 9 March 2008. Does child mortality really shatter faith? Many people will look at these gravestones and ask themselves how there can be a God when ten year old children die. Theologically it's hard work, there's certainly no glib answer to this and we must take people seriously when they make this objection. But if child mortality is so deadly to faith then why is that in the days when so many more children did die so many more people believed in God? There can be no God in heaven! Separate them ...

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Virtually Reformed: But I don't like Anne Atkins!

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Thursday, 28 February 2008. But I don't like Anne Atkins! Thought for the day' had already started when I turned on the radio this morning but I soon tuned in to what the speaker was saying and it did what it says on the tin - it gave me something to think about throughout today. The speaker was describing her life in a barely populated village and questioning the orthodoxy about the population 'explosion'. Do we really not have room for everyone? Overall it was an impressive and thought provoking little...

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Virtually Reformed: The Christian View of Human Nature - Reality TV

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Monday, 25 February 2008. The Christian View of Human Nature - Reality TV. If the Bible doesn’t persuade you to take the Christian view of human nature, though, try thinking about Television. I don’t mean that you will learn the truth about human nature from the content of TV programmes, but the type of programmes that get made and are successful tells you an awful lot. And we love it, don’t we? They titillate and exploit the bit inside us that gets a kick out of the suffering of others. They titilla...

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Virtually Reformed: Do parents think they are like God?

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Thursday, 6 March 2008. Do parents think they are like God? I'm reading Laurance A. Turner's commentary on Genesis and it's just turned up a very provacative question. In Genesis 4:1 The first instance of human parenthood occurs after Adam 'knows' Eve and she gives birth to Cain. Now most Bibles describe this in an uncontroversial manner saying that Eve declares that she has created life. With the help of the Lord. But is Eve's cry in 4.1 actually a sinful cry of pride? I have gotten a man from the Lord'.

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Virtually Reformed: The Meaning of Christmas

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Sunday, 23 December 2007. The Meaning of Christmas. It has been said that if you're looking for somewhere to hide something from someone the best place is under their nose. And that's what's happened with Christmas in some respects. Underneath the pagan Christmas, the consumerism, the materialism, Santa Claus and Christmas trees, is the nativity. But how many people watching nativity plays this last week have understood its meaning? Let us never forget that Mary's pregnancy was planned. Behind the ev...

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Virtually Reformed: The Road to Hell is Paved With Reasonable Comfort

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Friday, 29 February 2008. The Road to Hell is Paved With Reasonable Comfort. When I woke up this morning I didn't feel great but then again I didn't feel too bad. Some mornings I've been waking up in physical discomfort with trapped nerves, aching muscles and stiff joints, short of sleep and feeling pretty rough. Very occasionally I wake up feeling totally refreshed and comfortable. This morning I was sort of OK. Could it be that the only life Jesus doesn't touch is a life that isn't being lived? Of cour...

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Virtually Reformed: Do parents think they are like God?

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Monday, 9 March 2009. Do parents think they are like God? Originally posted on 6th March 2008. I'm reading Laurance A. Turner's commentary on Genesis and it's just turned up a very provacative question. In Genesis 4:1 The first instance of human parenthood occurs after Adam 'knows' Eve and she gives birth to Cain. Now most Bibles describe this in an uncontroversial manner saying that Eve declares that she has created life with the help of the Lord. I have created a man as well as the Lord'. Now the sugge...

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Virtually Reformed: The Christian View of Human Nature - Scripture

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Monday, 25 February 2008. The Christian View of Human Nature - Scripture. The first one is from Genesis, just before the flood, it describes what God sees when he looks at the human race:. Genesis 6: 5-8 –. From God’s point of view human nature is bad. This is Moses, in Deuteronomy, addressing his people, predicting that they will break the covenant and turn to other gods. ". I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.". 183; In Romans 5: 12 he says.

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Virtually Reformed: Does the earthquake mean that God is angry with us?

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Wednesday, 27 February 2008. Does the earthquake mean that God is angry with us? In the Bible, in the past and still in some parts of the world an earthquake is interpreted as God's anger with humanity. Of course we're far too. To think like that now - but even without us thinking that this is direct retribution for specific acts we might still ask how we fit the fact of earthquakes into our Christian view. To a certain way of looking at the world, just as my own view that God created the world does.

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Virtually Reformed: Calamity

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Friday, 18 July 2008. This blog is all about me exploring what I consider to be a call to ministry so I can't not record the following: I've recently been to a selection weekend with the pastoral care board of the congregational federation and they've rejected my application for training. What I will say is that over the past week I've had the opportunity to ask myself some searching questions like how much do I really want to do this and do I really believe I'm cut out for it? There's also the question ...