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Coming alive and staying alive: your ‘gifts’ and God’s ‘calling’
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com There has been a lot written recently about finding God’s calling on your life. It generally centres around finding out what makes you come alive and then going out and doing it. The common line is that where your gifts and the world’s needs collide, there lies your calling. Now […]
Review: Alexander Shaia, The Hidden Power of the Gospels
Alexander Shaia (with Michelle Gaugy), The Hidden Power of the Gospels: Four Questions, Four Paths, One Journey, Harper One, 2010. Now here’s an interesting ‘take’ on the Gospels. Shaia’s approach doesn’t win the approval of some (most?) New Testament scholars. But the names of the people whose endorsements appear on the back cover (Brian McLaren, […]
The GOOD SAMARITAN: BAD RELIGION AND BIGOTRY
Today’s Gospel reading – Luke 10: 25-37- is the most famous story Jesus told: the parable of the Good Samaritan. I collect sermons about Jesus’ parables: and from 60 books on my shelves I’ve learned that preachers can find about 20 to 30 themes in this story. It begins with an expert in religious […]
Power and Religion
You’re too powerful by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com  “When religion is too closely linked with power, the problem is not just that religion underwrites oppression, but that the gospel itself is lost. If Christ is just a baby or a dead body, I can keep on living and not allow Christ’s lordship to shed […]
Steven Fry — God Loves You!
(Interesting letter, written by a close friend… Rowland) As I read Stephen Ames’ article in the May edition of The Melbourne Anglican (Stephen Fry — God Loves You!), I tried to imagine I was Stephen Fry, and wondered whether the article would persuade me to abandon or modify my firmly held conviction that “the idea […]
Sex Without Bodies
Sex Without Bodies The church’s response to the LGBT movement must be that matter matters. Andy Crouch 6/26/2013 CRAIG F. WALKER / DENVER POST / GETTY Even as our culture has swiftly moved toward accepting same-sex marriage, the term “homosexual” has already disappeared among those who have taken the time to listen and learn from […]
Psalm 146: God vs ‘Princes’
Psalm 146:   God vs ‘Princes’ Point of contact: On the way to church this morning a minibus drove past with a Bible text neatly printed on the back: ‘All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God’ Romans 3:23). And on the side door: ‘……..Gospel Chapel’. I grew up in a ‘Brethren Assembly’ where […]
TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012)
CHURCHES VS GAYS: WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS IMPASSE? Review/Summary: TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012). Note 1. Disclosure: I (still) call myself an Evangelical. Archbishop David Penman launched my book on Evangelicals in 1986. Before that, in the 1970s I was Victorian media spokesperson for the Festival of […]
Slavery: Does the Bible Condone it?
Does the Bible condone slavery? by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com A common objection to the Bible is that it portrays a God who condones slavery. Considering there about 27 million slaves in the world today, it is a major issue that many Christians are involved in try to abolish. The abolitionist movement made famous by […]
Pentecost sermon: The Holy Spirit as Comforter
A JOURNEY TO PENTECOST : The HOLY SPIRIT AS COMFORTER (A GOOD SERMON HAS A GOOD BEGINNING, A GOOD ENDING, AND THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME BETWEEN THE TWO.) (I’ve had a recent revelation about preaching: not everyone can cope with a long sermon, so today you’re just getting the headlines – a classical ‘three points’ – […]
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