by Nick Lear | May 14, 2019 | Opinion
A lot of time and effort had gone into creating a resource. It had been honed, refined, shaped and adapted over a period of several months after the initial version had been finished. Finally, it was ready to be released and there was some positive feedback. But there...
by Nick Lear | Aug 15, 2018 | Opinion
There are far more nuances to consider and interpretive traps to avoid when I read the Bible than I realized were there when I was younger. For example, when I was younger in the faith, I used to think that the “lost” parables in Luke 15 were only about how God loves...
by Nick Lear | Jun 4, 2018 | Opinion
There are times when I read what another Christian has written or said, and I wonder whether I am reading the same Bible as them because I can’t justify their behavior based on what I read in my Bible. Now, I realize that in writing this column I am opening...
by Nick Lear | Oct 26, 2017 | Opinion
Recent events have led to a heart-breaking hashtag trending on the internet: #metoo. Women around the world are using this to speak out about the misogynistic or abusive treatment they have received at the hands of men. It has taken the immense courage of the women...
by Nick Lear | Sep 20, 2017 | Opinion
I grew up in an era when the threat of nuclear attack was real. The peace of the world existed in a tension that was known as MAD – mutually assured destruction. In other words, we would not blow up another country because we knew that they would blow us up in...
