Welcome to our blog. We are a group of people passionate about seeing God's kingdom come in all its fullness here on earth. We want to partner with God in this process and to imagine what every sphere of society could look like if renewed and reconceived to reflect the image of our maker. To this end we affirm the revelation and authority of the Bible and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as breathed through history and available to us now. Our aim for this blog is to be a space to dream big, to think radically, to challenge orthodoxy, and to do it together.



We've named this collective endeavour Metanoia. It is derived from the Greek words meta, meaning change or beyond, and noos, meaning mind. It conveys a dual aim; to effect a change of mind regarding our world and our society; and to invite the One who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than we could ask or think, to take us beyond the limits of our human wisdom, towards His kingdom.



We invite you to join us.



Friday, 19 August 2011

The Political Bible

Check out the first two parts of this series on the political nature of the Bible and its role in Britain.

Political Bible - Part 1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/aug/09/politcal-bible-british-attitudes?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

Political Bible - Part 2
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/aug/15/political-bible-justice-king-not-king?CMP=twt_gu


Of particular interest to me was the discussion of the contrasting authoritarian and libertarian emphasis in different parts of the Bible. This 'messy' combination of what we would ordinarily view as incompatible positions does set up a dauntingly complex picture of the what the Bible says to us about politics. But since one of our aims with Metanoia is to explore God's ideas about politics, we shouldn't be too daunted. Why not use this series to raise some questions about that we can discuss here? Enjoy.
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