The final talk in The Bluffer’s Guide to Christian Doctrine is now ready for download and accessible via our Podcast feed. It deals with the way Christian faith and doctrine (and studying theology) relate to each other. Amongst other subjects, the talk covers the way we can understand the relationships between faith, belief, doubt and dissent. As usual the accompanying handouts for this are available via links on the right.
Archive for category Bluffer's Guide
The podcast of Simon’s talk from last week is now available here. It’s a big download (45MB) containing about 2 hours of material. It covers the question of the world’s future and our future (after death) in two separate parts. Links to the handouts are on the right. Enjoy.
The latest installment of the Bluffer’s Guide to Christian Doctrine tries to answer this question. A Bible study on Ephesians and one of the most useless wayside pulpits ever await you in the fifth installment of the Bluffer’s Guide. You can download it here or via our podcasting feed.
The latest Bluffer’s Guide is now available. This week the small topic of the Holy Spirit is supplemented by the equally small one of the doctrine of the Trinity! The talk can be found here, or by subscribing to our podcast feed. You will need to look at Rublev’s Icon of the Hospitality of Abraham for the end of the section on the Trinity. A good version can be found here.
An introduction to Christian Doctrine for everyone!
This is a chance to grapple with the central questions of Christian theology. Done with the minimum of jargon and the maximum of approachability, we hope to engage you in serious theology in a relaxed way. We’ll try and answer your questions, and maybe add some new ones of our own. So here it is, a once in a lifetime’s opportunity: The Bluffer’s Guide to Christian Doctrine is running for one season only. It’s free, it’s fun, and who knows – you might learn something new!
A series of eight talks:
- Thursday July 7th God – why he doesn’t exist!
- Thursday July 14th Jesus – who is he?
- Thursday July 21st Jesus – what did he do?
- Thursday July 28th Holy Spirit – the eternal gooseberry?
- Thursday August 4th Why bother with the church?
- Thursday August 11th The end of the world and other stories …
- Thursday August 18th Reading scripture with the creed
- Thursday August 25th Keeping faith with doctrine
The summer school is free:
- Free of charge
- Free of textbooks
- Free of homework
- Free of assessment
The teachers will be Paul Roberts & Simon Taylor.
Paul and Simon both have doctorates in theology. They thought it was about time they put them to some use! In their spare time they are vicar and curate of two parishes in Bristol.
Thursday evenings in July and August.
8pm – 9.30pm.
Venue: III (Bar Three), aka The Mauritania, 9 Park Street, Bristol. UK.
This has got loos and is on the ground floor!
Recordings of these live talks are scheduled to be podcast on this site. Watch this space…
Update 1
We have published a basic bibliography (for those who like those sort of things) here.
Update 2
The handouts for Session 1 are now also available here and here.