Hans Holbein’s The Ambassadors (1533) is a Christian worldview painting, making it one of the most significant pieces of art of all time. I start to synthesise John North’s 2002 observations about the technical features of this painting with Christian theology.
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On the vital necessity for a Christian worldview.
I am convicted that God not only made the cosmos with this singular jewel of Earth within it, and that He cared for it, and said that it is Good. God also wished and willed that we should care for it, and that we continue to do so. This care should be expressed in prayer, and in personal and local action. It should also be embraced as part of the gospel mandate- the charge to declare God’s Good News to all the world, to all humanity, in all times and places.
In the caravan with Caravaggio.
Drawing on a 2022 interview with Alister McGrath for Faraday churches, I explore what questions should be asked in the science and religion field in the future. Should we expect them to be inspired by the onward march of scientific discovery, or are we missing previously excluded and forbidden data from Christian testimony? If this cosmos is God’s cosmos then the sciences as disciplines can only offer a blinkered and deficient view. A tripartite Christian worldview will be fit for the task and offer more valid insights. I suggest that Caravaggio’s 1601 painting ‘Supper at Emmaus’ offers object lessons in constructing a more realistic view of God’s world.
COP26 Pope Francis to the ‘Conference of Parties’ and the World: Analysis
Here is the text from the Vatican released by the BBC on 29 10 21: Climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have exposed our deep vulnerability and raised numerous doubts and concerns about our economic systems and the way we organize our societies. We have lost our sense of security, and are experiencing a senseContinue reading “COP26 Pope Francis to the ‘Conference of Parties’ and the World: Analysis”
COP26: Intercession for mobilising finance. Wednesday Nov 3rd 2021
What thinking might be gleaned from a Christian worldview to mobilise finance to address the climate crisis? What might a Christian contribution to a Green future look like?
common or garden theologian 