• Ancient Economics For Modern Times

    Rachel Reeves, the new Labour UK Chancellor has delivered her first budget. The ancient social ethic of the Bible is usually dismissed as inapplicable to a modern economy. But the principle underlying the Jubilee can be applied directly to a modern economy with relevant and practical consequences.

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  • The Most Hated Tax

    The law of the Jubilee is usually thought of as an interesting, if impractical, piece of OT legislation. More careful thought, however, shows that it is directly relevant to our contemporary society and speaks to the kinds of taxation and social support we should provide.

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  • The Statue of Ozymandias

    As western leaders look on with increasing alarm at Israel’s actions they fail to understand that the Israeli government is no longer speaking the same language as they. Their conventional approach is therefore bound to fail.

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  • Pizza Theology (I Didn’t Know This! (2) )

    After using concepts like particle wave duality and the triple point of water, I switched to using pizzas as a way of teaching the Trinity.

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  • I Didn’t Know This!

    It appears that for much of my life as an evangelical Christian most of evangelicalism has been in serious heresy! And it has been tied-up with complementarian teaching about women.

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