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Defining doctrines non-biblically

Posted by Dyfed on Friday, February 10, 2012, In : Bible

A few years ago when I was involved with co-leading a new church plant one of the first things I had to do was to form a ‘statement of faith’ for the congregation. This was a novel experience for me since as someone brought up a Baptist in Wales (I am still a baptist, by the way) I never had to think about such a thing before because Welsh Baptist churches never had a formal statement of beliefs. But as people felt we needed to be well defined in our theology (and there’s nothing wrong ...

Obedience to the government

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, In : Post-Christendom

It’s crucial that the Christian is obedient to the state, right? After all it has been appointed by God and has received its power and authority from him. Being obedient to the state is, therefore, synonymous with obedience to God. Well possibly.

A couple of things drew me to Romans 13 last week. The first was the whole rioting incident in English cities and the second was a comment made on my post on capital punishment. Traditionally the passage has been interpreted as Paul telling us to ob...

The Happiness Index - how to flourish without Jesus

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, In : Post-Christendom

‘If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands – CLAP! CLAP! If you’re happy and you know it’ … and so on until your hands are red raw from clapping so much just to prove to David Cameron that your happiness levels are indeed high despite the slashing of our public services. Yes the prime minister is interested in setting up a happiness index for the UK – a statistical device that will tell us how happy we ...

An emerging church - Post-Christendom 12

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, In : Post-Christendom

A howl of anguish is the most frequent response by Christians as the church continues to see how its influence is diminished in the UK. Indeed, this diminishing is sometimes portrayed as the beginnings of persecution as some on the right become ever more strident in their views. Whatever our views on this, we would all have to agree that the church is becoming more marginal in its influence on Western society today. The que...