Believe Differently

Apparently crucifixion is not good for your health! But if you are thinking of partaking over this Easter period, government advice is that you only use autoclaved nails and ensure your tetanus jab is up to date… oh… and apparently, you might want to pack sandwiches and something to drink…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/19/weaster219.xml

I am really enjoying reading a new blog I’ve recently discovered: DryBonesDance; written by a woman calling herself Christy. She writes from a post modern perspective and I find her posts intelligent and perceptive.
Reading between the lines, though, it seems she has experienced real trauma in her life, and it is from this perspective too, that [...]

It is a little off topic, but I am really enjoying the conversation I am having with Saint Peter on my latest post on Romans 1. In my last reply, I caught myself writing/typing/saying the sentence: “[I do not believe] because the bible tells me so!” And I have to say, it felt kinda good [...]

The BBC News website reports that:
“A TV advert for hair stylers featuring eroticised female imagery and an extract from the Lord’s Prayer has been deemed offensive to Christians.
The advert juxtaposed the words ‘thy will be done’ alongside erotic images of women accompanied by predatory text.”
Apparently the Archdeacon of Liverpool and a number of other Christians [...]

This post is a continuation of my last post on this subject – you might want to reread what I said last time.
In my previous post, I summarized Gagnon’s exegesis of Romans 1; and picking up where I left off, you will note, I have agreed without qualification with Gagnon’s interpretation - up till now, [...]

OK, it is time to get into the big daddy of the texts cited by those who would use the bible to support their homophobia: Romans 1; this is going to be one of two, possibly three, posts.
 
In this post I want to get to the bottom of what the apostle is actually teaching. But [...]