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Review: Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity
Note: I try to review an important book each week. This is probably the most significant one I’ve ever written.  Rowland September 21, 2012 ~~ Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that are Transforming the Faith, (Harper/ H&S, 2010, 2011). How did this man get such theological erudition but has never attended […]
Melting Arctic Ice to Arguments about Dispensationalism !!!
An intriguing discussion (which brought back memories from my childhood Brethren Assembly in Sydney): First, a member of our fortnightly study group asked me about this: http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/environment/2012/sep/14/arctic-sea-ice-smallest-extent ~~ Then followed these: WAKE UP !! The Guardian is OWNED by the Elite and is nothing more than a propaganda machine to spread their lies and misinformation…There […]
Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity [1]
Notes for our Wednesday Koinonia group, September 12, 2012 A New Kind of Christianity: Brian McLaren. Summary of first 125 pages Introduction: Bad news: Christian faith/church is in trouble. (The ‘Way’ of Jesus a club for Pharisees; today people admire Jesus but hate the church). Protestants: lost between modernity and postmodernity. Catholics: torn since Vatican […]
Paul’s [High] Christology
There is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. (1 Corinthians 8:6). A leading Evangelical Scholar (Gordon Fee) comments here .
FAITHFULNESS
THE FRUIT OF FAITHFULNESS. WEDNESDAY KOINONIA JULY 11TH 2012. We all identify with the concept of making New Year Resolutions. Whether it is to lose weight, get more exercise, read the Scriptures more regularly, prioritise more time to our partner, complete a home renovation job, or finish that sewing we stuffed in a cupboard ages […]
Suffering: Richard Rohr (Job); Anchor Bible Dictionary; Rowan Forster’s Questions
Richard Rohr: Job and the Mystery of Suffering (1996). Jottings to ponder… ‘You’ve lost your child but he’s up in heaven now’ is a sufficient answer only if you haven’t lost a child. If we haven’t been there our reactions will be empty, academic. There are two types of suffering (Carl Jung): little ego […]
Snake-handler dies from snake-bite!
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings  6/14/2012 Adiaphora — Seth Perry At about 11 p.m on May 27, a preacher in West Virginia named Randall “Mack†Wolford passed away from a rattlesnake bite he had sustained that afternoon. Wolford was a widely known advocate of serpent […]
Review: Keith Mascord: A Restless Faith: Leaving Fundamentalism in a Quest for God
(Note: These are my personal responses, and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone else associated with John Mark Ministries.) Keith Mascord: A Restless Faith: Leaving Fundamentalism in a Quest for God (Xlibris Corporation, 2012). The well-known ‘curate’s egg’ analogy – good in parts – may apply to Sydney more than to any other […]
HOMOSEXUALITY FOR DUMMIES: by a 21-year-old!
The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality Twitter: @VinesMatthew / Facebook: matthew.vines. Alright, I’d just like to start by saying thank you to everybody for coming tonight – I really appreciate it – and for being interested in learning more about this subject. I also want to thank College Hill United Methodist for graciously agreeing […]
Fruits of the Spirit: [4] PATIENCE
Wednesday Koinonia 23/5/2012: Fruits of the Spirit: [4] PATIENCE (Reflection led by Rob Perkins) “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law†(Galations 5:23). ~~ Preamble (by Rowland): Our model of patience is God, who is ‘slow to anger’ […]
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