Category: Christianity

Fencing Around the Gospel

In order to avoid breaking the laws of God (and even the laws of man) we all put additional restrictions on parts of our lives. As long as we, as Christians, recognise the difference between our own restrictions and what the Bible says, these restrictions are a good thing. When we muddle up what we say and what the Bible says, we commit a sin that dates all the way back to Eden.

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years agoJuly 28, 2022

Christianity

It says so in the Bible!

“It is wrong for Christians to drink/be in a same-sex relationship/get divorced/use Facebook/drive a Prius/issue du jour—it says so in the Bible!” I hear that kind of statement a lot, often from street preachers in Belfast. There are roughly 800,000 words in the Bible. That’s about eight typical novels. So I normally respond with a […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years agoJuly 28, 2022

Christianity

General All-Purpose Quick Prayer of Thanks

Lord, Thank you for all that you are doing for me, Amen

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years agoJuly 26, 2022

Christianity

General All-Purpose Quick Prayer

Lord, Give me the wit to know what I am doing, Amen

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years agoJuly 26, 2022

Christianity Gay

My Favourite Translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

My favourite translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is from The Message. Don’t you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don’t care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years ago

Christianity Gay

My Least Favourite Translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

I think my least favourite translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is the New King James translation: Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years ago

Christianity

The Sun Passes It’s D’oh! Levels!

Today The Sun gained a D’oh! Level in hypocrisy to go with the one it has in sexism.

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years ago

Christianity

Same-Sex Relationships: 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy Revisited

My paper on 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy was discussed on a Facebook group recently. One of the contributors made some interesting points about it, and I want to address them here. I have read your article, and if I could sum up your thesis in one sentence, it would be, “1 Cor. 6:9-10 is […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 9 years ago

Christianity

I am a Fundamentalist

I am a Christian fundamentalist. This may come as a surprise to you if you have read anything else on this blog. It will come as a surprise to you if you have ever actually met me in person. It was a bit of a shock to me when I realised, to be honest. I […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 10 years ago

Christianity

Scifientology

A few weeks ago I was in a Catholic holy shop that sold various things like Bibles, prayer cards, and religious statues and ornaments. I wasn’t buying anything, I was just there with Michael as he was browsing. A week or two after that I was in a comic book store. I didn’t go in […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 10 years ago