by Andy Roland | Nov 20, 2022 | Bible, Post-modern times, Religion
THE DILEMMA The British comedy duo Pete and Dud (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) once had a discussion over the question of other religions. Dud explained the problem: “You might be a perfickly good Buddhist and believe in Buddha and all that, and when you get to...
by Andy Roland | Jan 13, 2022 | Newsletter, Religion
NO MORE WRITING ! (for the moment) On November 26th I finally sent off the manuscript of ‘Journey through Lent with Jesus’ to Clare who designs my books. There was the odd email sent about the list of illustrations etc, but basically I had no writing to...
by Andy Roland | Jan 12, 2022 | Bible, Christmas, Jesus, Religion
Do all Christians believe in the Virgin Birth? Probably not. How many Christians do believe that Jesus born of Mary while she was still a virgin? In a real biological miracle? Apparently 80% of Christians in the West do so. But 20% do not. ...
by Andy Roland | Jun 19, 2021 | Prayer, Religion, Trinity
THE TRINITY IN PRACTICE INTRODUCTION Last week I explained how the word ‘Trinity’ came to be coined and its fundamental meaning – three dimensions of God rather than three persons, which in modern English means something very different from the original...
by Andy Roland | Jun 10, 2021 | Religion, Trinity
Here are some thoughts I have about what western Christians think is a great problem, and eastern Christians take as a fundamental truth. Eastern Christians There is a great little book called “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware, explaining simply how Orthodox...
by Andy Roland | Jan 20, 2021 | Christian Unity, Church, Church’s Year, Prayer, Religion
18 – 25/1/21 Introduction Four years ago I celebrated Christian Unity Week in Jerusalem. There they have a service every evening at 5.00 in a wide variety of churches. Although I am starting a day late, here are some thoughts from seven different churches for...
