Christianity does not separate itself from knowledge. In fact historic Christianity, in contrast to modern theology, must bear the weight of believing and teaching that all truth is one. Occasionally some people will ask is it ‘spiritual’ to talk of such things? Are you really considering with the work of the Holy Spirit when dealing [...]
Continue Reading...Evidence is important in matters of religion. But it is not the sort of evidence with which the sciences deal — publicly observable, experimentally repeatable and quantitatively measurable. It is the sort of evidence upon which we base our daily lives, our relationships with other people and our fundamental decisions about how we are going [...]
Continue Reading...“I think of science and religious faith as being two eyes. Both are looking for truth. I can see with more depth and accuracy using both eyes together, like binocular vision, than if I use either eye by itself separately.” “I’m a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of [...]
Continue Reading...We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we understand the universe. That makes us something very special. Stephen Hawking, quoted in Der Spiegel, 1989 English cosmologist and physicist (1942 – ) Now there’s a quote from a brilliant man that is [...]
Continue Reading...The object of faith is not a doctrine, for then the relationship would be merely intellectual. The object of faith is not a teacher with a doctrine, for when the teacher has a doctrine, the doctrine is more important than the teacher and the relationship is again intellectual. The object of the faith is the [...]
Continue Reading...Tolerance is not accepting that all views, opinions or beliefs are EQUALLY TRUE. It is accepting other people even if you believe that their views, opinions or beliefs are NOT TRUE. Colin McGinn (Philosopher, Oxford University). Colin McGinn has a blog called Philospot.
Continue Reading...Richard Lewontin is an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and social commentator. Lewontin on methodological naturalism: We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of [...]
Continue Reading...Genuine transformation of the whole person into the goodness and power seen in Jesus remains the necessary goal of human life. But it lies beyond the reach of programmes of inner transformation that draw merely on the human spirit. The reality of all this is currently veiled from view by the very low level of [...]
Continue Reading...Matthew 5:44-48 (New International Version) “But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who [...]
Continue Reading...By email: Hey Roger I just want to thank you for your efforts and for the resource that Faith Interface provides people like me. It’s hard to find places in the arena of apologetics where people treat each other with respect regardless of whether they agree or disagree. I find that you are [...]
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