Category Archives: God

Who is God? Part 4: God as a powerful force, but not necessarily a person However, it is not the only conclusion to draw. And this takes us back to the start of our thinking when we considered that many people have developed a very different conception of who God is. I think there areContinue reading “Who is God? Part 4”

Who is God? Part 3: If you conclude Father Christmas is not real, can you go on believing that God is a real person? “But there’s no-one there” sums up the agonising disillusionment that many people come to as they give up faith – while many, of course, congratulate themselves that they never fell forContinue reading “Who is God? Part 3”

Who is God? Part 2: What lies hidden behind the name: “God”? At the heart of the matter, is that we have all continued to use the word “God”, even though we now understand that word is dramatically different ways. I remember during one of my own periods of doubt we had a senior ministerContinue reading “Who is God? Part 2”

(A theological reflection in 12 – yes TWELVE – parts. Good luck! I hope your stamina is up to it) Who is God? Part 1: Seeking a new God after the old one has been lost One of the things that strikes me about modern Christian faith is how sophisticated and how varied are theContinue reading “Who is God? Part 1”

God is the guarantor of human fulfilment Part 4: Life may cut us to the quick, but in God we find healing and wholeness Does this help in any way? Perhaps not in the first vice-like grip of loss, but, I repeat, apart from the comfort of God, there is no other comfort and weContinue reading “God is the guarantor of human fulfilment. Part 4”

God is the guarantor of human fulfilment Part 3: But life is not perfect. How do we – and our God – cope with evil and suffering? But what about the child who dies in infancy, or those whose life is one of unremitting poverty, or their life’s pleasures are snatched away from them byContinue reading “God is the guarantor of human fulfilment. Part 3”

God is the guarantor of human fulfilment Part 2: God shares our moments of perfection Now if God is contained entirely within the realm of human ideas, then clearly this is not going to happen, and so we need to consider how God can still be the guarantor of human fulfilment. Firstly, I must confessContinue reading “God is the guarantor of human fulfilment. Part 2”

(In 4 parts) God is the guarantor of human fulfilment Part 1: Sharing in the perfection of God God is the appreciation of the absolute ultimate. Human beings have managed to develop the concept of the supreme being. This may well be because the supreme being exists and has communicated his presence to us, andContinue reading “God is the guarantor of human fulfilment. Part 1”

It must be true that God exists Part 5: A child-like faith flows seamlessly into mature truth and provides the key to find God However, I return to the simple truth that the religious experience is a reality. In this respect, it does not require “faith”, if faith is understood to be a commitment toContinue reading “It must be true that God exists. Part 5”

It must be true that God exists Part 4: People ignore the treasure all around them because they cannot believe it is there In which case, this most wonderful experience, that was outlined earlier, is the natural product of how our minds work. Our minds simply do have the capacity to impart to ourselves theseContinue reading “It must be true that God exists. Part 4”