The students put on a really great service, with carols and readings, and then I was invited to bring a Christmas message. I spoke on “the perfect gift”, because a great present has to be personal, meaningful, needed and costly! I was able to have a bit of fun with that around Christmas presents, but then pivot to the story of Jesus.
“Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?”. Christian believer and Islamics scholar, Andy Bannister discusses this important question as a guest on the All Things, All People podcast.
The pressure on Christians is that on one hand they want to talk about their faith during what is, after all, ‘religious occasion’, but on the other hand they are afraid of being the person who wrecked Christmas dinner because they started an argument about religion
Andy Bannister joined Fred Drumond on this podcast in which Gordon Matheson discussed public Christianity in Scotland today with them.
When you’re a “professional” evangelist and “qualified” apologist, that means it all comes easy when sharing your faith, right? But we all have to start somewhere. This time on PEP Talk, Kristi Mair interviews her normal co-host Andy Bannister about…
The Christian worldview, which sees every person as made in God’s image, and therefore of infinite value; is an essential foundation for ethics.
“The God who made the world, who became human in and as Jesus of Nazareth, is not sitting upstairs somewhere looking down and saying. ‘OK, we’ll sort out your mess’, but He is the God who comes and gets His hands dirty, and gets His hands pierced – in order to be where we are and rescue us.” – Tom Wright
Just one conversation like that makes all the travel worthwhile.
This free PDF ebook explores some of the key differences between Islam and Christianity; looks at the core beliefs of our Muslim friends and how they differ from what Christians believe; and helps Christians learn ways to more effectively share…
Andy Bannister was interviewed on Premier Radio’s “The Leadership File” programme recently. In the programme which you can hear here, Andy talks in some detail about how he got involved in Christian ministry, and his particular interest in sharing his faith in Christ with Muslims – and how he picked up a PhD in Islamic Studies along the way.
“What’s wrong with trying to choose my own identity?” We live in a culture that tells us that we can be whatever we want to be: choose the gender, sexuality, political tribe, or any other construct that works for you.…
The reason that that Christianity is important is because it is the only worldview that provides an adequate foundation for both those things. It provides a foundation for human dignity, it says that all human beings are made in the image of God – and therefore possess a inherent worth. However, it also provides a basis for humility – because Christianity is ‘the great humbler’, as it tells me that I am sinful enough that Jesus actually had to die to rescue me.
“Isn’t Christianity limiting and restrictive? Isn’t God against my freedom?” In this very Scottish themed episode of SHORT ANSWERS, Solas Director Andy Bannister asks whether people who raise this objection have possibly misunderstood something incredibly important about the very nature of freedom.
Was Jesus just a myth, a fiction created by the early church? Or did he really exist as a well-documented figure in the historical record? Wherever we look among professional historians of all faiths or none, Andy Bannister finds there is an overwhelming consensus that Jesus actually existed.
Do Christians just believe because they believe? Or is there actual evidence that God exists—and more specifically, evidence about which God we’re talking about?
