The Beauty of Books: Codex Sinaiticus
You may have seen the recent programme "The Beauty of Books: Ancient Bibles" on BBC4, 8th February 2011. This well-produced and researched…
Hobbits, Heroes and Jesus Christ: Is Christianity a Myth?
Myths are stories which are important to societies. But can it be helpful to compare the Gospel to stories such as The Lord of the Rings,…
Doubt
‘What do you do when you're not sure?’ Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) opens his sermon with a question which…
The Zeitgeist Movie
Why should we consider the stories of Osiris, Dionysus, Adonis and Attis as myth, yet think Jesus of Nazareth is history? The answer is…
Communicating the Gospel
The first talk in this series asks why Christians often find it so difficult to talk about their faith and suggests that there are two key…
The Christian Mind and the Christian Heart
Jerram Barrs considers the place of the mind and the heart in the Christian faith, and argues that Christians have often failed to love God…
William Lane Craig's Testimony
During the Question and Answer session of Professor Craig's Manchester Lecture "Is Life without God Absurd?", he was asked how he came to…
The Bible's Canon: Authoritative or Arbitrary?
Nick Perrin investigates how the New Testament books came to be accepted into the Biblical 'canon'. Through an examination of the views of…
Psychological Barriers to Belief
Two talks on the 'Psychological Barriers to Belief' look at basic life patterns and past painful experiences.