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Would Jesus eat a GMO (genetically modified food)?

Would Jesus eat a GMO (genetically modified food)?

Every time I walk into a grocery store I find myself bombarded with the labels on the products. "Natural, organic, GMO free, gluten free, vegan free, natural ingredients, free range, cage free" and the list goes on and on. Each product is claiming to be healthy. I find it hard to know what choices to make to feed my family healthy food. .

  • Unlocking the Book of Revelation

    Four animals fully covered with eyes, the scroll with seven seals, the dragon with seven heads and ten horns, the beast out of the sea with the number 666, and the Armageddon. How do we make sense of all these fantasy-like creatures in the modern world?

  • The honour of winning – and the grace of losing

    In this article I\'m commenting on a Comment article published in The Times (London). Yes, commenting on a powerful article is in my view an important stratagem for instruction to myself and those who read my monthly column.

  • 'Christianity is a relationship, not a religion?'

    It's a common catch cry among my generation of Christians of my generation; I know I grew up with it as a standard that I carried proudly. I think I even thought it was the thing or the idea that would mark myself, and the people around me, for the rest of my life. The idea was encapsulated in a simple catchall phrase: "Christianity is a relationship, not a religion".

  • Faith as virtue

    It's been a while since I wrote one of these \'faith-life\' articles and life tends to shoehorn its way pressingly in between my abstract reflections on any particular topic. Last month I wrote an article on Faith that was stepped in debate about the theory of faith. But sometimes you just have to ground the thing in your own life. And admit to yourself, and like everyone else, I too struggle to have Faith.

  • Argentina V Germany In World Cup Finale

    With 32 of 34 teams all out of the competition, there remain only 2 teams, as Rio is set to stage the biggest of matches. The World Cup final is always the most watched sporting event, and this one looks like taking the prize for the most televised match ever.

  • Life in the unrestrained pleasure-lane

    In case you haven't noticed, we live in a no-holds-barred, do-your-own-thing world. We have been force-fed on the thought that we exist to experience pleasure, that the pursuit of happiness and personal fulfillment should not be restrained. Especially by Bible bashing religious people who want to oppress and control the world by calling people sinful every time they try to have fun.

  • It's not that radical or silly, check this out!

    Christian history is incredibly radical. New Zealand Christian history none more so. A coupled of years ago I wrote in this space of a fascinating and intrepid bit of Christian history that had tongues wagging for months and the more spirited young men putting their overdrive in gear visiting churches far afield \'looking\'!

  • Don't read this if you can't handle mystery

    I flew into Anchorage at 1am.

  • We need to get better at dying

    I am currently surrounded by people who are dying.

  • Thinking matters

    The world is changing. I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes.

  • When God turned up at gaming convention

    I pressed the record button and let out a sigh. It was a Friday night, only the fourth day into filming and my eyelids were already drooping from hours of travel, research and interview transcriptions. The last place I wanted to be was at a gaming convention in a room packed with energetic and intelligent video game developers from around Denmark.