This Week in Word from the Bird
Things to Click. Euthanasia in the UK. Keeping the Gospel central. Christmas Myths Busted. The Christology of Christmas.
I am recovering from jet lag and am back into work to finalize the academic year and prepare for next year. So we’ve been farewelling Brian Rosner as Ridley’s principal and preparing for the accession of Rhys Bezzant as the next Ridley principal. Also, a very exciting digital project is on the horizon, launching in January, stay tuned!
Monday: Things to Click this Advent (Free Sign-Ups)
A list of some things to read, listen to, and watch this advent season.
Tuesday: UK Passes Euthanasia Bill (Paid Subscribers)
If one believes that ethical dilemmas are solved by defining life as a contest of pleasure vs. pain and by the inherent right to human autonomy, then euthanasia makes sense. But that is only half of the story, there is far more at stake in this debate, much that I find truly chilling.
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Wednesday: The Gospel at the Center (Free Sign-Ups).
I’m starting to ponder, maybe, one day, soonish perhaps, doing a third edition of Evangelical Theology. Out of all my books, that is perhaps the one I’m the proudest of!
Thursday: 6 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Christmas (Paid Subscribers)
Tis the season for debunking Christmas Myths, old and new!
Friday: The Christology of Christmas (Free Sign-Ups)
Since it is the Advent season, here’s a video I made a while back on the Christology of Christmas.
Since you explore the relationship between theology and current events so well… I recently saw that some (Evangelical) church chats were seething with Isaiah 17 and connecting it to what happened in Syria this week. When I tried to argue that those ancient prophecies likely did not relate to the recent events in Syria, and that not every single propechy had become literally true in the material world, I was asked if I didn't believe in what God had promised he would do. Any thoughts about how to process these genuine faith-based conversations would be more than welcome.