• Dating Ancient Papyri

    Originally posted on Larry Hurtado's Blog: Further to my recent posts about recent proposals for the dating of certain NT papyri, let me briefly clarify the process of dating papyri, which might well seem a mystery to those not familiar with it. There are two main types of papyri:  “documentary” (letters, official documents such as…

  • Guest Post, Part 1: The Parable of the Arch and the Stone

  • What’s the problem with Evil? (Part 1)

    1. EVIL!? What is [it]? It is most likely a coincidence that some of the most profane and profound words……………… in the English language only have four letters; more than likely several words come to mind — words that, nowadays, form a part of General English Usage. Here are three others that may not have immediately…

  • HDS Update on “Jesus’ Wife” Fragment

    Originally posted on Larry Hurtado's Blog: The Harvard Divinity School web page on the “Jesus’ wife” fragment now is prefaced with a statement from the HDS Dean referring to the recent Atlantic Monthly article that exposes the character who put the fragment into Professor King’s hands, and that King now admits “tips the balance”…

  • Artificial Intelligence: Machines, Minds or both?

    Originally posted on Science and Belief: CCO Public Domain. Pixabay Is your smart phone really smart? Do you ever fear it will get too smart? Will it wake up one morning and decide to start running your life – deleting contacts it doesn’t like, booking holidays online that it wants to go on with you…

  • Blind mice ‘Leading’

    Jesus said that, “Jesus came :to rescue that which was lost.” (Matthew 18:11) Ergo, Humanity per se–is that which is lost—or at least, the people to whom God reveals himself. However, if that which is lost—which is said to be made (somehow) in the image of God is an illusion—or an unnecessary blip in the…

  • A ‘European Mindset’

    John Sentamu: ‘My conscience tells me that I must vote to Remain’ Thu 09 Jun 2016 By Marcus Jones (for Premier) The Archbishop of York has declared that he will vote to remain in the EU when the UK goes to the polls at the referendum on 23 June. Writing in the Telegraph, Dr John…

  • About Me

    First and foremost, I became a committed follower of Jesus Christ in 1976, previously having had ‘strong leftish/ atheistic tendencies’. I have been in Christian leadership in various positions: An elder (eleven years) at Bournemouth Community Church with oversight for mission & apologetics; a deacon at Lansdowne Baptist Church Bournemouth (nine years) –working with international…

  • ‘Absolutely’

      MONISM [Ellis Potter] Most people in the world believe that when the world began, it was perfect.  For the most part, humanity stands in agreement that something has gone terribly wrong, so that the world no longer exists in the perfect state it once enjoyed. We are thus in need of an accurate picture…

  • A Letter to a Nephew

    When is One’s ‘VIEW” not a World View… Firstly, it isn’t possible for me—or anyone else to offer an opinion that isn’t, in some way, affected by a ‘worldview’ so I shall not attempt such an impossible scenario. So please indulge me.