by Graham Cotter | Feb 28, 2011
The story of Jesus is the story of a man who risked his life for the sake of truth. His chief disciples were less committed to risk until he set the example. But there were least two senior members of the social establishment who urged caution in the community...
by Graham Cotter | Feb 21, 2011
When we moved into a house in Old Cabbagetown, about to start a family, a nine year old from next door came in to watch us arranging our things. Then she saw a crucifix on the wall, the kind St Francis of Assisi liked, a dying, naked Christ. She burst into tears: “He...
by Graham Cotter | Feb 14, 2011
Christians believe that Jesus died for our sins, and that by his passion and death we have been liberated into a new life. Let’s look at this belief. A classic interpretation of Jesus on the Cross is that the world was held captive by Satan, and Jesus had to pay the...
by Graham Cotter | Feb 7, 2011
CURIOUS: How did this vision of a suffering servant come to be linked with redemption from sin? EAGER: Human beings are from their very animal beginnings social beings, and social beings learn what is right and what is wrong. CURIOUS: I expect what is wrong is often...
by Graham Cotter | Jan 31, 2011
CURIOUS: Where and how do we find a vulnerable God? EAGER: We do not have to look far. The mythologies of the world provide us with gods who have to die at the end of the harvest season, who then go down into the world of the dead, and come back up resurrected with...
by Graham Cotter | Jan 24, 2011
EAGER: Matthew Lamb, in a symposium of theologians entitled Paradigm Change in Theology, agrees with others that Thomas Kuhn (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions) not only demonstrated that revolutions take place in science through changes in the scientific...
