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Christ at the centre of good scholarship

Our series “What is good scholarship?” has examined nine aspects* of God’s created order in which we can discern norms – different kinds of “goods”. We believe these norms are recognised to varying degrees by everyone, thanks to God’s grace. Read more

By Richard Gunton, 10 yearsApril 11, 2016 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Scholarship in good faith

In this post I want to show how faith lies at the heart of scholarship – perhaps in some ways that we hadn’t thought of before. I also want to explain why faith comes as the final virtue in our Read more

By Richard Gunton, 10 yearsApril 4, 2016 ago
RealityBites

Hendrik Witbooi – Inspiring Soldier

Theme In his famous sermon on the mount, Jesus calls his disciples to live in a radically new way. He challenges all his followers to love their enemies. This can be very difficult for sinful human beings who are prone Read more

By Mark Roques, 10 yearsMarch 31, 2016 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Generosity as an intellectual virtue

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. … Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 Read more

By Eline van Asperen, 10 yearsMarch 29, 2016 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Common Good and Kingdom of God: Implications for Christian Scholarship

This post is the third of a short series summarising the three main talks given by Jonathan Chaplin and Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin at the Faith-in-Scholarship conference in February. (Summary of Jonathan’s first talk. Summary of Adrienne’s first talk.) To finish the Read more

By Thom Atkinson, 10 yearsMarch 22, 2016 ago
RealityBites

The Extraordinary Story of August Francke (1663-1727)

Be inspired by this story of faith in action! August Francke was a preacher. pastor and professor of theology and he lived in Halle which is near Leipzig in Germany. Francke had a huge influence on George Müller, the famous Read more

By Mark Roques, 10 yearsMarch 17, 2016 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Faith, truth and experience in art and scholarship

This post is the second of a short series summarising the three main talks given by Jonathan Chaplin and Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin at the Faith-in-Scholarship conference in February. (Summary of Jonathan’s first talk.) Adrienne’s talk, on ‘Faith, Truth and Experience’, Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 10 yearsMarch 14, 2016 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Scholarship: a Christian and human vocation

At the recent Faith-in-Scholarship conference, ten participants spent an intensive 22 hours with the six FiSch Fellows and two guest speakers: Jonathan Chaplin and Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin. This post is the first in a short series giving you a flavour of the Read more

By Anthony Smith, 11 yearsMarch 7, 2016 ago
RealityBites

William Tyndale and Cobblers

Theme When William Tyndale lived there was a great deal of discussion about the heart of the Christian faith. In medieval times the Roman Catholic church taught Christians that only priests, monks and nuns had proper callings. The rest (the Read more

By Mark Roques, 11 yearsMarch 3, 2016 ago
RealityBites

Inspiring Story of Brazilian Footballer Gilberto Silva

Theme It is the mark of a true Christian to love both God and neighbour. It is very instructive to compare and contrast the lives of John Westwood and Gilberto da Silva. Both men love football but one does this Read more

By Mark Roques, 11 yearsFebruary 16, 2016 ago

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  1. Dr P Thomas on Two Ladies on the TitanicSeptember 2, 2026

    Hello Mark. Interesting story, though quite depressing if that was all there was to this life! It is sad that…

  2. t_bowman on Two Ladies on the TitanicAugust 30, 2026

    I have a Buddhist friend who finds Schopenhauer bracing and invigorating. Can't see it myself. The World as Will and…

  3. t_bowman on Blasphemy and EvangelismAugust 13, 2026

    Fascinating stuff, Mark, but I'm not sure how much money you'll make [the bottom line, right?]. If you could learn…

  4. hugh.grear on Blasphemy and EvangelismJuly 30, 2026

    Mark, this is really good. It’s simple and concise, and people can adapt the basic stories, putting them into their…

  5. hugh.grear on Serving God and Idols in FootballJune 29, 2026

    Loved this. Such an idolatry can cost you everything! As a husband, as a Father, and probably as a normal…

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