swiftypete

A follower of Jesus; Peter Swift, born Bradford in West Yorkshire, UK in 1957. Lakeland Hill Walker, Armchair Astronaut, Amateurish Writer and Wannabe Renaissance Man. Charge Nurse who has worked in Children's Intensive Care for over twenty years. Married to Helen: sadly no kids. Based in London... dream home, a boat-house by Lake Ullswater, a villa in Turkey or a ski-slope in Poland... or a house in North Bermondsey!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Does Jesus Hate Religion? Kinda, Sorta, Not Really
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I am not the hero of my own story! I became a Christian when I was 17 years old. I heard a message which said "God has a perfect plan for your life, give him a chance!" I guess that suited my ego-centric view of the universe at the time - but it WAS the start of a journey of grace along the hermeneutical spiral to a better mind. I now consider myself to be an evangelical with a thoughtful soul. For example a few years ago I was at a church Bible study looking at Mark 12v18-44. I was so moved by the way Jesus denounced the hypocrisy of the Sadducees and Pharisees - hypocrises I could identify with. Jesus cuts through the cant of showy religion, and reaffirms love for God and love for one's neighbour. I was so moved that I had to wipe away the tears when I prayed at the end. The example of the poor widow challenges our loveless religion. We are challenged to give his rightful place as Lord. It struck me previously that it is possible to believe in "The Doctrines of Grace" and know them backwards and yet not extend Grace towards other people. Doctrine - rightly understood - is always relational and not mere abstraction.
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  • "The Romantic Revolution" by Tim Blanning.
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  • "Mere Theology" by Alister McGrath.
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  • "How to Draw" by Adrian Hill.
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  • "The Nature of Britain" by Alan Titchmarsh.
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  • "Christ and Culture Revisited" by DA Carson.
  • "The Power and The Glory" by Peter J Leithart.
  • "The Ball and The Cross" by GK Chesterton.
  • "Long Way Round" by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman.
  • "Quarks, Chaos and Christianity" by John Polkinghorne.
  • "Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution" by Ruth Scurr.
  • "Game Theory: a very short introduction" by Ken Binmore.
  • "The Prelude" by William Wordsworth.
  • "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.
  • "Criminology" by Stephen Jones.
  • "The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism" by Carl F H Henry.
  • "The Trachtenberg Speed System of Mathematics".
  • "How to Travel with a Salmon" by Umberto Eco.
  • "Judges" by Dale Ralph Davis.
  • "The Clash of Fundamentalisms" by Tariq Ali.
  • "The Lost Message of Jesus" by Steve Chalke.
  • "The Secret Message of Jesus" by Brian D McLaren.
  • "Blind Watchers of the Sky" by Rocky Kolb.
  • "The Asquiths" by Colin Clifford.
  • "Neither Here Nor There" by Bill Bryson.
  • "Letters from Mexico" by Hernando Cortes.
  • "South Downs Way".
  • "Shackleton" by Roland Huntford.
  • "You Can Paint WATERCOLOUR" by Alwyn Crawshaw.

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  • "Translation, s'il vous plait" = Church family friends who have relocated to France.
  • My home church = St Helens Bishopsgate.
  • Christian Nurses & Midwives Organisation.
  • St Helens Media. Food for Hungry Souls.
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