As per a request on a previous thread, here is a new thread for discussion of unversalism.  I will leave it to the participants to define their terms, but for now, here are a couple of comments to start the ball rolling:
kevin Says:
March 5th, 2006 at 2:46 am
Lionfish - you said “Lionfish: Then why do […]

Good article about the interaction of religion and science:
And the LORD God spoke unto Moses, “Write this: 16.3 billion years ago, I set the gravitational constant at 6.673 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2. Then I inserted an infinitely compressed drop of energy into a multidimensional time space continuum to make a Big Bang - Moses, why […]

If you have ever wondered why the attacks on September 11 occurred, thanks to an email which arrived in my email inbox, we now have the answer:
In light of the many perversions and jokes we send along to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This “joke” today is not intended […]

In a round about way I found this post today on internet monk about resisting the idea that the scriptures are “inerrant”. In doing so, he has articulated very well one of my primary frustrations with the discussions that sometimes go along the lines of “Well if you don’t believe in this, then you […]

I liked this post from Slacktivist. He uses an illustration in the context of an ongoing discussion of creationism, but it appealed to me because our theme at NCCC this year is “who is my neighbour”. This is what he says about the story of the good Samaritan:
“Who is my neighbor?” a teacher […]

I was reading this post by digger which I quite enjoyed:
If we really believe that God is all-knowing (an interesting topic I can’t properly unpack on a blog) then does it really matter if we pray? If he already knows whats on our hearts-which I think it says somewhere in the Bible, why do we […]

I was cleaning up some old documents on my system today and came across a tutorial paper for one of my biblical studies tutorial papers which I did four or five years ago. I would junk the introduction and conclusion, but kind of enjoyed some of the key thoughts in the paper, as follows:
1. […]

I came across a new blog today courtesy of Leighton. And I was struck by the eloquence of this post. It was hard to select a part of it to quote as it is all well worth reading and commenting on, in the interests of engendering a positive discussion of the differences […]

For those interested in the ongoing discussion of homosexuality on signposts, here is an interesting read. A article by Ellen T. Armour who is the R.A. Webb Professor of religious studies at Rhodes
College in Memphis, Tenn. Originally posted on www.sojo.net

I preached for the first time at our newest congregation at nccc. This congregation has been started by Bob and Barb, who are members of nccc and have moved into a brand new retirement village. Out of a desire to connect with their village neighbours - we have started together a congregation on a monthly […]