The prudent gives thought to his steps...

There have been a number of things that have caught my eye in the last few days that I have thought “I think I might blog about that”. Things that have angered me, irritated me, interested me, but rarely surprised me. The problem that I have is time and a lack of it!

I’d like to comment on Ken Ham and his organisation “Answers in Genesis” and their new “creationism” museum that has just opened in Kentucky. I recently heard him comment on a television interview that he believes that those who believe that God created the world and everything in it by means of evolution do not believe in the God of the Bible. That statement interests me along with some of the comments made by Ted Haggard to Richard Dawkins during the filming of “The Root of All Evil”.

Something that has caught my eye closer to home is the blogging of Luke Wood on “excellent” parachurch organisations, especially in respect to UCCF. Luke recently blogged that “Whilst excellent parachurch recognises this and seeks to serve and collaborate, there are those around who like it the old way - the upside-down way, clinging to the old order…” This is something that I would like to respond to as, although I agree with many things that Luke says, this is something that I’m not so sure on.

In recent days I was asked by a friend of mine to comment on a message that they had received that outlined a number of objections to religion, but more specifically Christianity. It dealt with a number of issues from moral law through to relativism. I’m in the process of trying to get permission to quote from the letter so that I can respond to it in a public arena as well as a private one. The message highlighted a number of interesting issues and questions that I think are being raised increasingly more often by people, especially in the student world.

A couple of weeks ago I went to hear (or should it be “see”?!?!) Benny Hinn speak at the NEC in Birmingham. It was an experience to be had! He was the guest speaker at Reinhard Bonnke’s Fire Conference. Benny spoke on different “levels” of the Spirit including the anointing. Several of his comments have started to get me thinking about the modern forms of Gnosticism that we may encounter today. I’m waiting to receive the audio copies of his talks so that I can listen to them again and make a better informed judgment.

Finally there are a number of books that I would like to review and discuss over the next few weeks that include “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins, “Sex is not the problem (lust is)” by Josh Harris, “Contending for Our All” by John Piper and “Calvin” by R.N. Carew Hunt. These are all books that I am making my way through at the moment and that have all been very interesting, informative and sometimes inspiring for me over the last few days, weeks and months.

As you can see there is a lot going on in my head! I look forward to tackling these subjects one by one and trying to give what I believe to be a faithful biblical response to the challenges and questions that these topics may bring up.

God Bless.

Dear Freedom