News
Vicar's Letter - October 2006
In some places the Christian doctrine of creation is a matter of serious controversy. Some people maintain that the opening chapter of the Bible has to be treated as a literal (almost “eye-witness”) account of how things began. But the ancient writers would not understood such questions. The evidence of their eyes showed them this marvellous world, and one (or perhaps several) of them wrote a great poem to celebrate God's wonderful work. Their concern was to establish that everything that exists came from God - the "how" of it was of no interest to them - and then to teach us our human responsibility to care in God's name for what He has entrusted to us. I find it curious that many of those who are adamant that we must accept the Bible-story as literal truth seem often to deny global warming and show little concern for the limited nature of earth’s resources.
Continue reading this month's Vicar's Letter.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment