A Christian Woman's Blog

I suspect generations have been saying this for millennia. Some who lived before and during the industrial revolution asked this, certainly those who grew up in the Victorian era of progress and safety would be justified in saying this about the depression of the 1930’s. I often hear conservative Christians talk about how much better…

“Demons lie, they use language to deceive humans” a quote from a Japanese anime about an elf, possibly written by someone Buddhist, is probably an unusual source for such as blog as this but it is none the less true, written by someone who clearly has a understanding of evil. Jesus described the devil as…

This weekend Christians celebrate Jesus. Most humans don’t believe he is divine. I get it, I’m not naturally religious, I find the concept of worship illogical. Christianity was thrust on me without me looking for it or wanting it. But, setting aside some violent intolerants that have claimed to be his followers & misogynistic religious…

I have lived in numerous countries and towns as a mother, so I have been a member of a number of “Mums In ****” Facebook groups. Many entries I see in these (and Twitter) are a damning condemnation of how society treats women, even today in western countries (where we’ve been told we now have…

If you are new to church you would be forgiven for believing he is given the churches attitude towards him. Paul’s writings are taught in church with the same reverence as the gospels, his every word treated as undisputable fact, to question this will get you the same reaction from many Christians as questioning Jesus’…

The argument for infant baptism in the church has been Jesus’ quote that “only those who are born of water and the Spirit will enter the Kingdom of God”, but what is The Kingdom of God? Christians for years have believed that this is the afterlife, that if you aren’t baptised you will end up…

Luke 9.23-24 What does “pick up your cross” mean? Traditionally the church teaches that carrying your cross meant carrying a burden or making a sacrifice. This has inspired Christians for years to believe daily sacrifice is part of being a Christian, but is that what Jesus meant? Carrying your cross in Jesus’s time meant: condemned…

A source of contention over the years has been the debate about should Genesis be taken literally. Yes, and No – Maybe. The story of Eve – the first woman – destroying paradise for men by disobeying God bears a striking similarity to the story of Pandora – the first woman created by Zeus who…

It’s occurred to me over the last year and a half that so much of what I believed about God is wrong. I’ve thought of Him as all about judgement and punishment. He’s not, He’s about love and salvation, and He’s suffered from bad press, even within the church. If you want to experience what…

I hear it all the time from non Christians “if God is good then why does He let bad things happen”. God has repeatedly tried to teach humans to be good, what good looks like, and given humans a helper to help them be good. God isn’t responsible for terrible things that befall humans, humans…