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The Dutch philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, lived approximately 350 years ago. He was one of the fathers of The Enlightenment, and his thinking paved the way for what came to be known as “Higher […]
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The Christian church is a paradox. It is simultaneously a community of people who are (or should be) infused with the presence of God’s Holy Spirit who empowers their ministry and grows the character […]
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Australia’s latest census data has just been released with headlines in the press proclaiming that there are now fewer Christians than non-Christians in the nation. I had a rueful smile at this. Jesus once told […]
I’ve been reading Psalms, a remarkable collection of songs, some written over three thousand years ago. Because they were written over many hundreds of years, they are a record of how the Jew’s belief […]
Are we slaves predestined to be as we are, or do we have free choice? This is one of the great questions of humankind. The American science writer, John Horgan, has written an […]