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	<title>bcg &#187; Theology</title>
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		<title>Forgiveness and the Second Chance</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2011/07/forgiveness-and-the-second-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a Christian. I believe that when we turn back to the Father and repent of our sins, we are truly forgiven through Jesus' blood shed on the cross, and given new life through his resurrection and in the power of the Holy Spirit.  (And as you can probably tell from that sentence, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grace and Mercy</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/10/grace-and-mercy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/10/grace-and-mercy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just chatting with a good friend, with whom I have had many theological discussions.  But it all boils down to the advice he gave me (I'm sure he wouldn't mind me sharing his words!): His mercies are NEW EVERY MORNING &#8211; they need to be because we sin. No condemnation for those in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Economics</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/10/christian-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/10/christian-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rowan williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I watched this video with interest, especially given the work I did at Oxford three and a half years ago, entitled 'The idols of death and the God of life'.  Perhaps I should have emailed it to Rowan back then!!  Of course with hindsight, everything is clear..]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Disasters?</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/05/natural-disasters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/05/natural-disasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sci & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/?p=365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am currently watching an excellent series on the BBC called The Story of Science.  The third episode, which I have just watched, is called 'How we got here'. It of course raises all the red herrings and difficult questions surrounding geology and biology, but one observation from the presenter hit me squarely between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does God need chance?</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/04/does-god-need-chance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/04/does-god-need-chance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sci & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[randomness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sovereignty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/?p=361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have long disliked the central place that 'chance' has in modern scientific theories, particularly the 'random' mutations that drive evolution forward. As a Christian I don't like the idea of utter randomness, of chance being the determining factor in the development of life. I am also aware that as a concept it is lauded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Message for the Broken</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/02/the-message-for-the-broken/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2010/02/the-message-for-the-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[praxis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tim keller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus' teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of his day. However, in the main, our churches today do not have this effect. The kind of outsider Jesus attracted are not attracted to contemporary churches, even our most avant-garde ones. We tend to draw conservative, buttoned-down, moralistic people. The licentious and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communities of Grace</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2009/04/communities-of-grace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2009/04/communities-of-grace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have frequently thought about the relationship between the uncompromising ethical stance of much of the New Testament (not least the Sermon on the Mount), and salvation as the free gift of God, through the cross, while we were still God's enemies. With the help of various theologians (John Calvin, Karl Barth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unscientific Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2009/04/unscientific-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2009/04/unscientific-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sci & Tech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cs lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narnia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I watched an excellent programme on BBC One last night, called the Narnia Code. One of the points of the documentary was that CS Lewis preferred a medieval understanding of the universe to the modern scientific one, which he claimed made things cold and mechanical. A couple of the interviewees (which included John Polkinghorne) made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incorporation &#8216;in Christ&#8217; and Justification</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2009/02/incorporation-in-christ-and-justification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2009/02/incorporation-in-christ-and-justification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelicalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new testament]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tom wright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently reading Tom Wright's latest book, 'Justification: God's plan and Paul's vision'.  I am about a fifth of the way through, and so far it is typical Wright: engaging, well-written and thought-provoking. The back cover quotes someone as saying that he 'out-Reforms' the popular 'neo-Reformed' writers in America.  Wright's starting position is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assurance</title>
		<link>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2008/04/assurance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerrins.co.uk/blog/2008/04/assurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salvation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a long conversation last night with a good friend about various theological topics.&#160; Some of them will find their way on here, in time.&#160; The first of them is the doctrine of assurance.&#160; How can we be confident that we are saved?&#160; Is such confidence possible? For Methodists, 'assurance' historically refers to a [...]]]></description>
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