‘O Come, Let Us Worship’

“O come, let us worship,” sang the Psalmist, and it seems certain that he found a more ready response among his fellows than his modern counterpart would among the men of this generation were he to sing a similar song. Whereas in earlier…

Unless you see Signs & Wonders

“Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe,” said Jesus to a well-educated man of the first century, but in modern times the situation seems to have reversed. Whereas in earlier days the miracle authenticated Christianity,…

God and “The Wrath”

C.H. Dodd prefers the translation “the Wrath of God” to Moffatt’s “God’s anger” in Rom. 1:18, “because such an archaic phrase suits a thoroughly archaic idea,” while Nicolas Berdyaev writes “Anger in every shape and form is foreign to God.”…

Three in One – And One in Three

Some people seem to think that the doctrine of the Trinity is the result of a concerted effort by the theologians to make it difficult for ordinary men to understand the nature of God. So far from this being the case history shows that theologians…

Christianity in the Modern World

“Teach a rat to expect punishment whenever a certain bell rings and a reward whenever a different bell rings; then ring both bells together. The rat will show confusion, timidity and indecision. In much the same way Christians today, confused…

On Building Temples

In all ages and among all peoples men have built their temples, and that from a variety of motives. Sometimes these motives have been pure and lofty, and sometimes they have been somewhat discreditable, but even though we recognize this latter,…