Welcome to the launch!

What’s all this about then? Unless the Seed?

Am I mourning the passing of my allotment or covertly seeking horticultural advice in advance of warmer weather? No, as you’ve probably realised, one way or another, the posts will be related to Jesus’ parable of seed falling into the ground. 

To start with some posts will be reviewing The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey.

Not a book review as such but picking up on a few things he said. It’s an excellent read but a few paragraphs set me a thinking. Controversial issues.

First: the state of American politics. The book was written in 1995. The dangers of deepening polarisation

Second: Lepers/AIDS/the Unvaccinated

Third: a sentence that I wonder if Philip Yancey would like to re-consider. That’s a polite way of saying…’hmm’.

Unless a Seed will contend that the church* is missing an important piece of its theological jigsaw. ‘Substitution’ is foundational but ‘Inclusion’ is rarely preached.

If I can, I want to share something of my journey from agnosticism, to rejecting agnosticism in favour of believing that Jesus was a real historical figure, then ‘getting it’ about the cross, that He died for me (substitution), baptism in the Spirit, Christ in me and other aspects of faith. Then a long delay before ‘getting’ the inclusive nature of the death of Christ. If I can share something of that journey Unless a Seed will be worth it. 

So, buckle up!

*by ‘church’ I don’t mean any one particular blend of church. The New Testament speaks about the ‘church’ as the body of Christ, a living, functioning body, full of His life.