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FAITH: What is it anyway?

FAITH: What is it anyway?

I distinctly remember watching four years ago that documentary, or should I call it propaganda, by that most famous atheist Richard Dawkins called 'The Root of All Evil.'.

  • Is this God's will?

    “Is this God's will?” has to be one of the most common questions I ask myself. Of course, I'm not talking about trivial things such as, “Is it God's will that I am to have a burger or a sandwich for lunch, and if so, which topping should I go for?”

  • Growth is spelt TROUBLE

    Back when I was a youth, I remembered being baffled by a nearby youth ministry which was plagued with problems. The youth leaders were constantly resolving family problems, school issues and all sorts of troubles.

  • Lead balloons

    I am learning what it means to sit still at the moment. I live in the middle of a whirlwind, fully occupied life and a fanciful, unrestricted imagination… I very rarely sit still.

  • What children can teach us about faith

    Faith? What is it? In the beginning stages of becoming a follower of Christ, I came to know that faith is simply believing in Jesus, believing in the Father and Holy Spirit.

  • Why you (a hip, twenty-something, Jesus-loving, well-adjusted, cardigan-wearing Christian) should read Plato

    You've probably heard of Plato. I don't know which image you have of him in your mind. Is it the image from Raphael's School of Athens? Or the more popular idea of a 'philosophical ninja'?

  • Why evangelicals should care about animals

    Should we care about people or should we care about animals? Why is that a question people ask? What I don’t understand is why people think that you can either care about animals or people.

  • Faith as virtue

    It's been a while since I wrote one of these 'faith-life' articles and life tends to shoehorn its way pressingly in between my abstract reflections on any particular topic.

  • See ya, Jesus

    'See ya,' we say to friends when we part, whether in person or even on the phone. Kiwis have a weird habit of saying 'see ya' to complete strangers who we may never meet again.

  • Living in a feminist society

    It is difficult to think of an element of society or our lives that has not been affected by feminism. Since the feminist movements in the 60's everything has changed: the family, the workforce, our laws, social etiquette, medical practices...

  • Complacent, compromised, content

    A brother I used to be at church with was in love with the idea of revival. Periodically, we'd pray for a revival here in New Zealand like a lesser known, Welsh, revival.

  • Throw out your purity ring

    Humans will make symbols out of anything. Symbols are a potent way to interpret reality; we use them to communicate to each other and to define ourselves. In the Christian sub-culture there is one symbol that is readily understandable...