Author Buzz | Christian Writings | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/christian-writings/ Activity feed for the group, Christian Writings. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 684ac70ecaa4c10f65d956f603adf8e7 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Some theories on Psalm 82 (you are all gods) in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/some-theories-on-psalm-82-you-are-all-gods/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0100 I woke up yesterday with a strong urge to write about the possible means of “you are all gods”. So this is what I am doing. It is found in Psalm 82:6 (thus the title).

In John 10:31-39, Jesus is recorded as […]

]]> 8cf5c9b1c45b2c21af23966679c58ea6 Christian Writer edited the blog post Your favourite religiously themed joke in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/other/your-favourite-religiously-themed-joke/ Sun, 16 Oct 2022 11:21:46 +0100 The community was asked to share their favourite religiously-themed jokes on Questions for Christians. They did not disappoint.

Here are some of my picks from the replies.

]]> 457fe7a968b523c44b44d68afa3e8bcb Christian Writer edited the blog post What if I were to tell you that the Bible says the Church must defend a woman's right to choose? in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/current-affairs/what-if-i-were-to-tell-you-that-the-bible-says-the-church-must-defend-a-womans-right-to-choose/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:26:21 +0100 The state is not here to service the church and enforce her laws. The church is here to serve the state or, more accurately, the people therein.

We were never meant to fight issues like abortion through the […]

]]> dff2f3843dfe25b57e799841b5009502 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post I will be back, one day in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/site-news/i-will-be-back-one-day/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 I seem to have taken an unintended sabbatical from this blog. I have many ideas and will be back to write about them soon.

]]> 97ed42665a9da777484c3505f1aa230f Christian Writer edited the blog post British priest reviews dank Christian memes in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/other/british-priest-reviews-dank-christian-memes/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:30:30 +0100

]]> 5a91da2113fc767f9d7bd60893296725 Christian Writer edited the blog post Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/glossary/translators-and-lexicons/brown-driver-briggs-bdb/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 19:27:32 +0100 Brown–Driver–Briggs is a Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament known as Brown–Driver–Briggs or BDB (from the name of its three authors). Brown–Driver–Briggs was first published in 1906.

Br […]

]]> f365922b843c5eb194219e4db71b6775 Christian Writer edited the blog post Is the bible against men having long hair? in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/is-the-bible-against-men-having-long-hair/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 08:26:12 +0100 I asked Tumblr if the bible was against men having long hair.

The reason for my asking was that 1 Corinthians 11:14 says something that is frequently given as a biblical rule that men should have short hair. […]

]]> 2beb7fd3c07d4cb86cb20354047182a1 Burty Burtman joined the group Christian Writings https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/3619/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 04:19:36 +0100 0 a98f5cf6d62eb2b00b6bb70f0761d7c1 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Can you have morality aside from a divine authority? in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/questions-for-christians/can-you-have-morality-aside-from-a-divine-authority/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0000 I asked social media if you can you have morality aside from a divine authority? This is some of the discussion that resulted.

]]> 3612fae90956e47070125c75c6eaab99 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Should each gender have different roles? in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/questions-for-christians/should-each-gender-have-different-roles/ Sun, 15 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000 I asked social media, should each gender have different roles? This is the discussion that followed.

]]> c048cd86159a05574444656fcc004fb9 Christian Writer edited the blog post Is God all-powerful? in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/questions-for-christians/is-god-all-powerful/ Sat, 14 Dec 2019 16:18:55 +0000 Is God all-powerful (omnipotent)? Is it true, as it is written in Luke 1:37, that there is nothing He cannot do?

God as an omnipotent creator is what I was taught growing up. It is what the Bible does indeed […]

]]> a07549bfeea477676d445d6b348f7bc0 Christian Writer edited the blog post Born again? Give me a break. in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/born-again-give-me-a-break/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:18:06 +0100 There are certain Christian phrases such as “born again” that we use until they are devoid of all meaning.

Take for example the passage that crops up mid-discussion in John 3:3. Unless a man is:

born from […]

]]> d87103e9b2832cbd020cd49b218e19aa Christian Writer edited the blog post Theory: Least rejectable doctrine in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/how-to-question-doctrine/theory-least-rejectable-doctrine/ Thu, 09 May 2019 14:26:21 +0100 I have had a thought derived from the concept of agnosis which I am calling the least rejectable doctrine. In this post, I would like to set out a concept for doctrine selection which approaches being both […]

]]> f6ca9c0cd3f6b869ec0e72208b50bc00 Christian Writer posted an update in the group Christian Writings: I am still working on this blog despite my lack of posts. I […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/1469/ Sat, 04 May 2019 16:54:27 +0100 I am still working on this blog despite my lack of posts. I will have something for you soon, I hope.

]]> 0 971d59bdced3642cba428eb5a8e7a2ab Christian Writer wrote a new blog post What it feels like to be wrong in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/quick-thoughts/what-it-feels-like-to-be-wrong/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:00:53 +0100 Most people will tell you that being wrong feels humiliating or embarrassing. That is what it feels like to discover you are wrong. Before making that discovery, being wrong feels exactly like being right.

The […]

]]> e01f0c6876958a91087b39d2d682564e Christian Writer wrote a new blog post The lesson of salt in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/quick-thoughts/the-lesson-of-salt/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:00:15 +0100 Salt preserves by virtue of being salt. It does not need to make rules or force the food it is to change. It simply exists and in doing so preserves the food.

If we are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13-16) […]

]]> ec8da2bf03d5c565bbb66fd7ac41e99b Christian Writer edited the blog post Quick thoughts: About in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/quick-thoughts/quick-thoughts-about/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:51:58 +0100 I have had a new idea for a type of blog post the quick thought.

I have to be honest, it takes me months to come up with a full sized post. Instead of waiting for such time as I have a full-sized article to […]

]]> 24e26db273ea925a5abf8abc78ae28f6 Christian Writer edited the blog post Is it okay to question God? in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/how-to-question-doctrine/is-it-okay-to-question-god/ Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:18:19 +0000 Is it okay for Christians to question God? Asking questions is often cited as a sign of intelligence. We see several examples in the Bible that seem to suggest it is. Should we place God (and leaders) beyond the […]

]]> c6b3d5316d4c8e81b9b517e56150dc5d Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Asking Questions in the group Christian Writings https://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/other/asking-questions-2/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:00:34 +0000 As well as blogging here, I run a Tumblr blog where I ask a lot of questions aimed at other Christians. This blog post is simply a collection of some of the questions we have explored.

A mixed bag of questions […]

]]> 171fdfaf7f4f24d03c460c0b4488f6a9 Christian Writer edited the blog post How to question church doctrine? in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/how-to-question-doctrine/how-to-question-church-doctrine/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:00:57 +0000 It was recently pointed out that there were no results for the exact search phrase “how to question church doctrine” on Google. That in itself is mind blowing.

When scriptures say things like test everything […]

]]> 57d9cc4c30acac36af06ab420952c621 Christian Writer edited the blog post The Axiom of Agnosis in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/axiom/the-axiom-of-agnosis/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:00:50 +0000 I have written before about the concept of agnosis – that knowledge is always imperfect and we might at any time be wrong about anything. I would like to try and make the case that agnosis is […]

]]> c5a899a96745f548413b1f097f73003a Christian Writer edited the blog post Asking questions in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/site-news/asking-questions/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:50:24 +0100 One of the oft-repeated truisms that I heard growing up was that asking questions was a sign of intelligence. Usually, this was uttered by the same sort of teachers that would say “there is no such thing as a […]

]]> 14550fa213707fc7c3ce79daec4134da Christian Writer wrote a new blog post All the steps of repentance in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/proclamation/all-the-steps-of-repentance/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:00:49 +0100 I wrote recently about what true repentance is but I did not attempt to cover all the steps of repentance.

In this post, I am going to try and break down all the steps of true repentance and explore what the […]

]]> 47ee28b2ba799ab30c7fbb78c146046b Christian Writer wrote a new blog post How to truly repent in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/how-to-truly-repent/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:49:35 +0100 Do we know how to truly repent? It seems to me that many of us misunderstand what repentance even is.
The story
I wonder if we misunderstand the parable of the prodigal son.

For those who are not familiar […]

]]> 50c744497279df50abfe11c138cfdad9 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Wrestle with God in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/axiom/discernment/wrestle-with-god/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:00:18 +0100 I believe it is time we Christians relearned how to wrestle with God. Too often we paint God as dictating terms to us but the Bible shows us a God that wants to talk things over. These passages of scripture show h […]

]]> 96934ae8eba6909c4b780da5892d7781 Christian Writer edited the blog post Pharisee is a word too often on our lips in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/glossary/pharisee-is-a-word-to-often-on-our-lips/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 13:17:38 +0100 I have come to perceive a shortcoming in my choice of language – the way I use the word Pharisee. Specifically, my readiness to use the term Pharisee when really I mean legalist. It was such a ready term that I n […]

]]> 7cf29452bcdb3be0c44e082a9f3bd411 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Legalism is killing the church in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/proclamation/legalism-is-killing-the-church/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:56:17 +0100 Legalism – and the legalists that preach it – are like cancer in the church. Until we remove the infection, it will continue to drain our strength and corrupt our good works.

There are legalists in all strands […]

]]> 5ef64cf0f675da116b7c67c1d1aaaa39 Christian Writer edited the blog post Christian cybermisogyny and hate speech has to end in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/current-affairs/christian-cybermisogyny-and-hate-speech-has-to-end/ Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:00:35 +0100 There is a trend that the church simply cannot afford to ignore – cybermisogyny and harassment of women “in the name of Christ”. I wish I was joking.

I’ve talked before about what I call “Trolls For Christ” – t […]

]]> fa116498b49f2b5b7037ca3c76fe0339 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Fixing Calvinism but you might not like it in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/axiom/doctrine/fixing-calvinism-but-you-might-not-like-it/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:02:04 +0100 There may be a way of fixing Calvinism and the problems that Limited Atonement introduce but I do not think its supporters would like it at all. 

I wrote recently about what I see as the fatal flaw – a ha […]

]]> 734c1925f51de6188faecdf48f0a1990 Matthew Brown joined the group Christian Writings https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/1065/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:28:57 +0100 0 e0d3817fc88d350f5b2a3bb240df912b Christian Writer edited the blog post Testing Doctrines: Limited atonement in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/axiom/doctrine/testing-doctrines-limited-atonement/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:04:22 +0100 In this post, I will try to apply the Testable Doctrine Theory to the doctrine of limited atonement.

Testable Doctrine Theory is an idea I put forward that says that a sound doctrine should be able to stand up […]

]]> b4af5396bb2b5f93aa2ce5fa69bf8b51 Christian Writer created the group Christian Writings https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/1046/ Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:22:48 +0100 0 826b9423b1acaa9d5773d7c20c3605a2 Christian Writer wrote a new blog post An open letter to some religious leader called David in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/discussion/rebuttal/an-open-letter-to-some-religious-leader-called-david/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:27:58 +0100 This post, in a rapid departure from my usual format, is in response to an open letter by David to Vicky Beeching. I’ll confess I have not read the book in question and am simply responding to the form and […]

]]> 62e2443de49f1bfc7eba440f503d4f2c Christian Writer wrote a new blog post Amyraldism in the group Christian Writings http://christianwriter.authorbuzz.co.uk/glossary/amyraldism/ Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:06:04 +0000 Amyraldism is a word I bumped into for the first time right at the end of October 2017. If I do a poor job of defining it, please forgive me.

Amyraldism is, as I understand it, a form of theology introduced by […]

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