New biotechnology grapples with making, shaping, and faking human life. John Wyatt asks the questions, what does it mean to be human and to live and die well? Doctrines such as creation and new creation must inform Christian views ofRead more…
The UN Climate Change talks: Call for Christian prayer and action
There are some excellent articles on the Lausanne website on the environment and climate change. However, I get the impression that many people are still unaware of just how serious the threat of climate change is. For those who continue to be climateRead more…
Is evangelicalism inherently dualistic?
It is clear that Christianity has over the years and centuries moved a long way towards holism. In terms of the state of evangelical belief in 2010, ideas like “marketplace ministry” and “engaging other faiths” bring together old opposites, suchRead more…
Cape Town 2010: Emerging Technologies and the Human Future
As part of my preparation for attending Cape Town 2010 I’ve been reading the advance papers. The latest is Emerging Technologies and the Human Future by Nigel Cameron and John Wyatt. Below are a few highlights and then my comments.Read more…
The Science of Global Climate Change. Facing the Issues. What are the Issues?
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by John Houghton as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “The Environmental Crisis, the Gospel and Christian Witness.” Responses to this paperRead more…
Contending the new atheism
In Western countries at least, scientific atheism is a little-recognised threat to the biblical worldview that lies at the foundation of the Christian faith. Because atheists are a minority and science is a closed book to so many ordinary people,Read more…
My Sister’s Savior
What does it say about a society which permits, no, which condones the use of medicine and technology for the sole purpose of creating human life just to destroy it? It says we are a culture that has morally andRead more…
The Dignity of Humankind
Each year, the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, gives the Paul Ramsey Award. The recipients of the Paul Ramsey Award demonstrate exemplary achievement in the field of bioethics by actively equipping our society to face the challenges of theRead more…