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Assisted dying and controlling death

Tue, 12/11/2024 - 10:11 -- James Oakley
The palace of Westminster
Image Credit: Naveem Annam

As a bill comes before parliament to legalise assisted dying, James argues that the real issues going on here are to do with mortality and the desire to be in control. To think clearly, we need to recover confidence in the sovereignty of God, our own mortality, and God's judgement and grace.

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Afterlife in Genesis

Fri, 08/11/2024 - 10:09 -- James Oakley

Is the idea of an afterlife new to the New Testament? In fact, there is hope of life after death even as far back as the Joseph narratives in the book of Genesis.

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Note to self: NanaZip not 7-Zip

Fri, 01/11/2024 - 11:31 -- James Oakley

This is a note to self, where I'll find it, to switch from using 7-Zip to using NanaZip for Windows. WinZip became redundant when Windows integrated archive files into Explorer, but 7-Zip has good right click integration. For Windows 11, that doesn't work as well, so use a fork called NanaZip.

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