Friends
Boreham and the Straight Stick
On a beautiful Sunday evening in midsummer, I walked through St James’s Park, past Buckingham Palace, to hear Dr John A. Hutton at Westminster Chapel. It was the only occasion on which I ever enjoyed that privilege. His text was: ‘I judge no one … but if I judge.’ His point was that the gentle […]
Video Interviews With Jimmy Carter at Beliefnet.com
A Simple Sunday School Teacher Former president Jimmy Carter discusses why he believes Jesus can save everyone , and how his faith complicated–and sustained–his presidency. Watch the Jimmy Carter Video Interview Video: Abortion and Iran as Faith Challenges Video: The ‘Apartheid’ Controversy Sample Carter’s Audio Bible Lesson
Bruce Manning Metzger dies
Bruce Manning Metzger died Feb. 13, 2007 Bruce Manning Metzger, New Testament professor emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and one of the preeminent American New Testament critics and biblical translators of the 20th century, died Feb.13 in a local hospital. He was 93. See full story at: http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2007/07097.htm
Brian McLaren
Paradigm Shifter: Asked at a conference last spring what he thought about gay marriage, Brian McLaren replied, “You know what, the thing that breaks my heart is that there’s no way I can answer it without hurting someone on either side.” You might call his a kinder and gentler brand of religion. At a mere […]
An Enigmatic Life: David Broughton Knox
AN ENIGMATIC LIFE A review of An Enigmatic Life: David Broughton Knox—Father of Contemporary Sydney Anglicanism by Marcia Cameron, (343 pages, published by Acorn Press, 2006) by Brian Edgar, Director of Public Theology, The Australian Evangelical Alliance. The importance of this book is revealed in the subtitle, for Broughton Knox was indeed ‘the Father of […]
N.T. Wright: A Biography
N.T. Wright: A Biography Nicholas Thomas Wright was born in Morpeth, Northumberland in 1948 and was raised in the context of middle Anglicanism. From before the age of seven or eight he already felt called to go into Christian ministry. Growing up, Wright had an interest in music and sports, interests that he retains to […]
Quotes by G K Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, poetry, biography and Christian apologetics, but today he is probably best remembered for his Father Brown short stories. Chesterton has been called the “prince of paradox.” He wrote in an […]
Merely Christian? (C S Lewis)
Merely Christian? Reflections on C. S. Lewis’s Apologetic after 60 Years a paper at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Washington DC, 19 November 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright Introduction I once found myself working closely, in a cathedral fundraising campaign, with a local millionaire. He was a self-made man. […]
New Australian Leader a Committed Christian
Kevin Rudd the man Gerard McManus December 05, 2006 12:00am SOME Labor MPs could be in for a shock when they learn what Kevin Rudd really stands for. He is closer to John Howard on many issues than Kim Beazley was. On Iraq, Mr Rudd has never unequivocally supported Mr Beazley’s early exit strategy. The […]
Listening to Andrew Greeley
Sightings 11/20/06 Listening to Andrew Greeley — Martin E. Marty If all will have gone according to plan — Bible believers would cite James 4:13-15 — yesterday at noon in Washington, D.C., at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Andrew M. Greeley will have discoursed with Harvard’s Robert A. Orsi and been […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,754 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress