Entries categorized as faith

Doubting Thomas? or Honest Thomas?

On January 3, 2010 / By maggi dawn / 2 Comments
I had a discussion with someone about faith and doubt. This is an old post from 2005, but it seems apt to repost it here: John 20 relates the story of the disciple who was not there when Jesus’ made a resurrection appearace to the gathered disciples. Later he couldn’t take in the information – couldn’t More...

Music, Conversion and God

On November 5, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 5 Comments
Here’s an article about eight musicians who left their career to work/live/sing for God, and then later came back to music. Go on, guess who they are before you look… More...
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Bible reading

On November 4, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 12 Comments
"…we should be trying to work out how to read the bible well rather than reading the text right." Paula Gooder More...

Atheism and Faith

On October 8, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 5 Comments
"I have a friend – a gifted pastor and spiritual guide – who is helping someone lose his faith. He is convinced that the man’s picture of God is destroying him, spiritually and mentally. It is deeply implicated in the man’s moral and mental breakdown. Theologically, this picture of God is expressed within orthodox language, but it is profoundly destructive, More...

class, conversion, atheists and theists

On October 7, 2009 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
Church Mouse reports on the various findings of Theos, concerning whether belief, education and social class are interconnected. Apparently you are more likely to find faith, having previously not believed, if you are educated. As always, there are various possible interpretations of such data? Is it because the smarter you are the more likely you are More...