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Review: Head to Toe: Men and Their Roles in the First Two Generations of Christianity

By and others ⋅ May 6, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

Head to Toe: Men and Their Roles in the First Two Generations of Christianity, by Ross Saunders, Acorn Press, 2014  This is an interesting book: its twin, published earlier, is Outrageous Women, Outrageous God: Women in the First Two Generations of Christianity. In both books Ross Saunders unpacks the idea that Jesus upended ancient Mediterranean […]

One more time: What the Bible really says about homosexuality

By and others ⋅ May 5, 2014 ⋅ One comment

What the Bible really says about homosexuality Editor’s note: Daniel A. Helminiak, who was ordained a priest in Rome, is a theologian, psychotherapist and author of “What the Bible Really Says about homosexuality” and books on contemporary spirituality. He is a professor of psychology at the University of West Georgia. By Daniel A. Helminiak, Special to CNN May 15, 2012 President […]

How to work out God’s will for your life

By and others ⋅ May 4, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com  Have you ever been confused about what God’s will for your life is? Have you ever wondered why there seem to be all these other Christians who seem to have discovered their calling, are happy “in the Lord’s service”, while you are stuck in a dead-end job wondering what you have […]

Engaging the flood of controversy over Noah

By and others ⋅ April 28, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com  There has been a lot of controversy over the Noah movie, mainly from Christians. The controversy has been around the fact that the movie doesn’t follow the biblical story in many ways. In fact it has a bit of a Lord of the Rings feel to it, particularly with the inclusion of the rock-like […]

Life Beyond Death

By and others ⋅ April 26, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

Can we hope for life beyond death? Stanley HauerwasABC RELIGION AND ETHICS14 APR 2014 HOPE IN LIFE BEYOND DEATH IS MADE POSSIBLE, NOT BY SENTIMENTAL BELIEF IN LIFE AFTER DEATH, BUT BY PARTICIPATION IN CHRIST’S LIFE. LIFE MUST BE VIEWED AS A GIFT, NOT A “RIGHT” TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED. Stanley Hauerwas delivered the following sermon […]

C.S.Lewis’ Marriage and the Gay Marriage Controversy

By and others ⋅ April 25, 2014 ⋅ One comment

March 31, 2014 What C.S. Lewis’ Marriage Can Tell Us About the Gay Marriage Controversy Why “welcome and wanted” is a biblical response to gay and lesbian couples in evangelical churches. by Ken Wilson Note: There’s a problem with the word-wrap below. Until I can fix it the original article is here: http://www.faithstreet.com/onfaith/2014/03/31/what-c-s-lewis-marriage-can-tell-us-about-the-gay-marriage-controversy/31512 ~~ I’m […]

Top 10 tips for atheists this Easter

By and others ⋅ April 19, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

OPINION THE DRUM  JOHN DICKSON PHOTOThere is a dissonance between Christ’s “love your enemies” and Moses’ “slay the wicked”. DEAN LEWINS: AAP Atheists should drop their easily dismissed scientific, philosophical or historical arguments against Christianity, and instead quiz believers about Old Testament violence and hell, writes John Dickson. As an intellectual movement, Christianity has a […]

The Noah Movie: what do you make of it?

By and others ⋅ April 6, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

Noah story not for conservatives Thursday, April 3, 2014 By Karl Hand Russel Crowe stars in Noah. Noah Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Russell Crowe & Jennifer Connolly In cinemas now The self-avowed atheist Darren Aronofsky, who directed the recently released Hollywood epic Noah, called it the “least biblical biblical film ever”. Christian critics, such as National […]

World Vision: should the poor suffer because anti gay-marriage conservative groups withhold donations?

By and others ⋅ March 27, 2014 ⋅ One comment

World Vision Reverses Decision To Hire Christians in Same-Sex Marriages Letter: ‘We failed to be consistent with [our] commitment to the traditional understanding of biblical marriage and our own Statement of Faith.’ Celeste Gracey and Jeremy Weber/ MARCH 26, 2014 [Updated 6:15 p.m. Central with fresh comments from Richard Stearns.] Only two days after announcing it would […]

Faith and Belief: a Sermon for Trinity Sunday

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

By Jan Coates We have times when we put aside reason and intellect, and accept through faith things we cannot explain or understand. So, this is Trinity Sunday. I have to say that the concept of the Trinity is not all that mysterious to me – being a multiple personality (like most Mums), it isn’t […]

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