An Anatomy of Hope

October 2019 Credo The dawn of a brand new year does different things to different people. To some, it may bring a sense of excitement and anticipation. To others, it may infuse a sense of foreboding, dread and trepidation. But many, I dare say, step into the new year...

Bonhoeffer on Church and State (Part 1)

October 2019 Pulse One of the most challenging and compelling works on Christian ethics produced during the chaos and confusion of the Second World War is by the German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. An anti-Nazi dissident, Bonhoeffer was executed for plotting...

Postmodernism and the Church

Special Article October 2019 This essay is a slightly revised version of a talk that I gave at the Baptist Pastors Fellowship a number of years ago. I am unable to recall the exact date of this talk.  What is Postmodernism? The term ‘postmodern’ has become something...

Reclaiming and Renewing Creation

September 2019 Credo Creation Reclaimed Modern philosophy, which began with Descartes, is premised on the idea that objective knowledge is possible only if the cognitive agent first separates himself mentally from the external world around him. Kant reinforced the...