Nathan Campbell continues to try to articulate a pathway for Christians and groupings of Christians to ensure that the Gospel of Jesus is central to their contributions to debate in the public sphere. Some readers here are part of our denomination’s Church and Nation committees, and I think Nathan’s commentary is worth engaging with, and …

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Interesting article from the CNN Belief Blog on phrases that sound biblical but aren’t eg ‘This, too, shall pass’, have a biblical basis, but are altered eg ‘Pride goes before a fall’, and also extra biblical speculation which sometimes are based on biblical accounts eg ‘three wise men’ and other times are just sheer fantasy …

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Thanks to Michael Bird for linking to this essay by Ted Schroder which is posted at Virtue Online. It argues that the Christian’s motivating principle should be What Is Jesus Doing? instead of What Would Jesus Do? The points made below seem very salient in light of a discussion I’ve been following at this blog. …

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