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The Bible and Politics
Tim SuttlePastor, writer, musician What Is the Chief Political Concern of the Bible? Posted: 05/23/2012 8:16 am Both religion and politics are concerned with how we should organize societies. Yet the tendency for Christians has often been to begin with the politics and work backwards to find religious rationale for our political beliefs. As a […]
When you switch your windscreen wipers on, think about this…
One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my daughter, Aspen, spoke up from her relaxed position in her seat. “Dad, I’m thinking […]
FIVE SECRETS OF A GOOD LIFE
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THE SECRET OF RADIANT LIFE (W E Sangster)
THE SECRET OF RADIANT LIFE (W E Sangster), London: H&S 1957 Here’s the best 20th century book on practical Christ-like holiness in the English language, published twenty years before Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline. W E Sangster, commonly acclaimed as the ‘greatest Methodist since Wesley’ was a unique pastor/scholar/saint, and one of the first […]
MOTHERING SUNDAY May 2012
MOTHERING – Who Does It? Sermon to be preached at East Doncaster Baptist Church May 13, 2012 by Rev. Jan Croucher ~~ Our theme today claims it can be done by anyone. 1 Cor 13:1-8a, 1 John 4: 7-21 INTRODUCTION: ‘Mothering Sunday’ seems now to be the preferred name for this special day. I happen […]
Ethiopian eunuch: Early church welcomed queers
For the illustrations, visit http://jesusinlove.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/ethiopian-eunuch-early-church-welcomed.html Ethiopian eunuch: Early church welcomed queers Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, detail from 11th-century illuminated manuscript (Wikimedia Commons) A black gay man was the first non-Jewish convert to Christianity, according to progressive interpretations of the Ethiopian eunuch’s story in the Bible. The term “eunuch†probably included a variety of sexual minorities […]
Stuart Edser: Being Gay, Being Christian, You can be both
Stuart Edser: Being Gay, Being Christian, You can be both (Exisle Publishing 2012). [Foreword by the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG] My journey out of Pharisaism on gay/lesbian issues began in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV studio back in the 1970s. A ‘conservative evangelical’ pastor, I was then Victoria’s spokesperson for The Festival of Light. […]
Theodicy and theology
From a friend: It’s easy to confuse theology with theodicy. Of course, theology is all about sin, evil and redemption, and to say theologians have grappled with such things for thousands of years says nothing more than that theologians have thought about life as well as scripture. As for anyone producing a theodicy (an account […]
The Problem of Evil
From a friend: If there were satisfactory Christian explanations for the extent of evil in this world, human and natural, I doubt the Templeton Foundation would have fronted $1.5 million for new work on the problem of evil. Take a closer look at these two very perceptive papers: Re. sin: ‘Recent studies in primatology, sociobiology, […]
Richard Rohr: more…
THE JESUS MARK KNEW Mark begins with the preaching of John the Baptist, a voice announcing Jesus from the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance. The truth comes from the edges of society. Jesus’ reality is affirmed and announced on the margins, where people are ready to understand and to ask new questions. The […]
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