Call for papers | The Fellowship for Biblical Studies is holding its fifth national conference from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October, 2021. This conference offers an opportunity to gather together, network...
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Robyn Whitaker on Joy Radio to discuss why people of faith should be abhorred by “conversion therapy”
Rev Dr Robyn Whitaker @RobynJWhitaker from Pilgrim Theological College was a guest on JOY radio to discuss why people of faith should be abhorred by “conversion therapy”. The core tenet of faith is Love God and Love...
God, plagues and pestilence – what history can teach us about living through a pandemic
Most of us are living through a year that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Too young to remember the Spanish flu, we’ve grown up in a world where we take Western wonder drugs and life-saving vaccines for granted. We...
How technology is changing the way we grieve
Is it possible to be biologically dead, but socially alive? What would that entail? On God Forbid, James and panel find out more about the digital afterlife.
Trump’s photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new
US President Donald Trump delivered an address this week in which he threatened military action on the nation. Then he walked to the nearby St John’s Episcopal Church to pose with a Bible. Yes, Trump held the Bible like...
Can I get a witness? Violence, racism and Christian response
This article is republished from Crosslight. Yet another black man has died this week as a result of police brutality in the USA. His name was George Floyd and his story ignited both rage and grief across Minneapolis...
Practicing religion and faith via Facebook
How do you celebrate religion and faith in time of coronavirus, when places of worship are closed? Many religious institutions have turned to the internet by streaming live videos, sending mp3 sermons via email and...
Pray, but stay away: holding on to faith in the time of coronavirus
Plagues of global proportions might seem biblical, but coronavirus is creating new challenges for faith leaders.
From virgin births to purity movements: Christians and their problem with sex
It took 400 years, but sometime in the early fifth century Christians transformed a tradition about Jesus’s miraculous virgin birth into a doctrine that inextricably connected sex with sin. It has plagued the church...
Hell, no! Halloween is not ‘satanic’ – it’s an important way to think about death
American televangelist Pat Robinson once claimed children who celebrate Halloween were unknowingly “worshipping Satan”. Despite the absurdity that a child dressing up as a witch is devil worship, the idea that Halloween...
