Christianity Without God

Pulse 5 December 2022 The title of this article must surely appear to many readers as an oxymoron, an insuperable contradiction – and indeed it is! Yet there are Christians who self-identify as ‘progressive’ that are proposing just this – a Christian faith which must...

A New Kind of Christianity?

Pulse 21 November 2022 One of the most influential voices in the Progressive Christianity movement is that of Brian McLaren, whose many books have waxed eloquent on why historic Christianity must be abandoned. Among them, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that...

Religion and the Law

Pulse 7 November 2022 In September 2018, The Straits Times published an article by Professor Tommy Koh entitled ‘Section 377A: There is a Difference between Sin and Crime’. The article addresses a wide range of topics including legislation against homosexual practices...

Progressive Christianity: A Primer

Pulse 17 October 2022 At the beginning of this millennium, a number of evangelical Christian leaders experimented with adapting Christianity to the ever-pervasive postmodern culture and the sensibilities and ethos it engendered. These leaders have become increasingly...

Christianity and Magic

Pulse 3 October 2022 In Acts 8:9-24, we have an account of the encounter between Simon Peter and Simon Magus. The first Simon was, of course, an apostle of the risen Saviour, Jesus Christ. The second Simon is known variously as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the...

Radical Enhancement and Transhumanism

Pulse 19 September 2022 One of the most pressing issues that confronts theologians and ethicists today is how the technology that we now possess, and that is developing at such an incredible pace, should be used for the common good. In 2007, the British Medical...