Category - Jesus

Whose mission is it anyway?

Simon Barrow — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:21:32 +0100

Some section of the Anglican Communion are convinced that only their narrow vision of what is permissible in faithfulness to the Christian message is adequate, says Simon Barrow. But they are confounded by the biblical texts they claim loyalty to.

Common sense, mercy and sacrifice

Keith Walton — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:02:27 +0100

Much religion is dripping in sacrificial language, says Keith Walton. The appeasement of the gods is a common theme in many traditions. But in the biblical tradition, love that does justice becomes the core of a new perspective, based on a different understanding of who God is.

Why Christians are troublemakers

Glynn Cardy — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:34:41 +0100

Within Christianity there is a long history of trouble making, says Glynn Cardy. And rightly so if it is about building the vision and reality of a different kind of world in which all may flourish.

Why Christianity remains a novel idea

Jonathan Bartley — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:44:48 +0100

The Gospel has been much talked about but practically sidelined under Christendom, says Jonathan Bartley. Rediscovering the radicalism of Jesus' message is vital to the recovery of a proper public role for Christian faith.

The God elusion

Simon Barrow — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:11:34 +0000

The current media-propelled debates about God are mostly hopelessly out of touch with their own intense fallibility, says Simon Barrow. He tries to explain why God-talk will always be helpfully elusive if it is faithful to what it seeks to point to.

Remembering Romero

Simon Barrow — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:41:23 +0000

Easter Monday marks the 28th anniversary of the murder of Monseñor Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador - killed for defending the poor in the name of Christ.

Resurrection is no Easter conjuring trick

Simon Barrow — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:09 +0000

The modern temptation is to dismiss resurrection as fantasy or reduce it to spiritualised sophistry, says Simon Barrow. The shape of the core Christian hope is both more substantial and more subtle than that.

Thou shalt not offend anyone: BBC's Jesus is nice but dull

Giles Fraser — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:30:53 +0000

Forget Maria. How do you solve a problem like Jesus? After all, everyone has a view: well-meaning Jewish guru, dangerous heretic, son of God, charlatan. The list is endless. Mel Gibson gave us the fundamentalist's Jesus of gruesome realism: a tortured body offset by expensive LA orthodontistry (bad teeth would have been a realism too far). This year's Easter offering from the BBC - boldly scheduled for primetime on BBC1 - reaches for the other extreme and presents the inoffensive Liberal Democrat Jesus: Nick Clegg with a beard.

Which citizenship? Whose kingdom?

Simon Barrow — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:43:23 +0000

In Christian and biblical terms, good citizenship is not about flag-waving, says Simon Barrow. It is about the good practices and ways of organising our public lives which enable people to belong to one another across nation state boundaries.

Travel Light: Following Jesus in a Consumer Culture

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:37:11 +0000

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The Breathe Conference aims to equip and inspire us to live well for Christ in a consumer culture.