Curious Christian

I’ve been thinking about why I tend to talk about Christian faith in such strongly relational terms. I suspect it has something to do with where I locate the centre of faith. For me, faith is ultimately about a person: Jesus. It is about trusting him, giving myself to him, following him and learning to live in relationship with him. That doesn’t mean I think propositions are ...

I’ve been thinking about the AI arms race and the fears that come with it. There are the obvious concerns about AI becoming uncontrollable and potentially catastrophic, but there is another concern that I think gets less attention: what happens to human agency when enormous technological and economic power becomes concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of peop...

I reject both Calvinism and Open Theism because I think both begin with an assumption about God’s relationship with time that I don’t share. I affirm the classical Christian understanding that God is omniscient, eternal and sovereign, and I also believe that human beings make genuinely free choices. I don’t think we have to sacrifice either side to preserve the other.

When Christians talk about the “rapture,” 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 is usually one of the first passages that comes up. Paul says that Christ will descend from heaven, the dead in Christ will rise, and believers who are still alive will be “caught up” to meet the Lord in the air. At first glance, this can sound like the familiar teaching that Christians will suddenly disappear ...

By Andrew Park

The study of political radicalisation in modern Australia often suffers from a profound geographical and cultural disconnect. When urban academics and mainstream media outlets attempt to map the rise of anti-government movements, they routinely focus on visible, public-facing entry points. A recent feature in The Chronicle by legal scholars Dr. H...