Rowland Croucher
Translating the Trinity for Muslims
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 6/28/2012 — Sarah Yardney An online consortium for ministry to Muslims, Biblical Missiology, has accused Wycliffe Bible Translators of dismantling the Trinity, the Christian doctrine that God is three persons in one, in their translations of the Bible for Muslims. […]
Henri Nouwen’s Wisdom ~ June/July 2012
Empowered to Call God “Abba” Calling God “Abba, Father” is different from giving God a familiar name. Calling God “Abba” is entering into the same intimate, fearless, trusting, and empowering relationship with God that Jesus had. That relationship is called Spirit, and that Spirit is given to us by Jesus and enables us to cry […]
Spitzer Issues Apology for Study Supporting Reparative Therapy
http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=1182476 Psychiatric News | June 15, 2012 Volume 47 Number 12 page 1b-23 Spitzer Issues Apology for Study Supporting Reparative Therapy Mark Moran Despite methodological limitations, Robert Spitzer, M.D. ¢â‚¬â„¢s, study on efficacy of reparative therapy was seized upon by ex-gay groups as evidence of the therapy ¢â‚¬â„¢s effectiveness, but was criticized as harmful to gays and […]
Love is the Greatest Apologetic
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com In a postmodern world, and a post-Christian Australia, traditional Christian apologetics don ¢â‚¬â„¢t get very far with a lot of people. 25 years ago when I was still a fairly new believer, books like Josh McDowell ¢â‚¬â„¢s Evidence That Demands a Verdict were wonderful in helping to strengthen my faith. Today though, they don ¢â‚¬â„¢t […]
Sexegesis: An evangelical response to ‘Five Uneasy Pieces on Homosexuality’.
Note from Rowland: Although I have a ‘Progressive Evangelical’ approach to LGBTI issues (I am national chaplain of Freedom2B ) this article, which is both irenic and conservative, is included here for ‘balance’. See here for my views – and others with a similar approach. ~~ 14 Jun 2012 Written by Youthworks Editor An extract […]
Alan Turing, Codebreaker: a sad story about a persecuted gay man
Alan Turing was a complicated and eccentric genius ¢â‚¬“ a man ahead of his time. In the 1930s, this British mathematician envisioned a digital world few others could imagine. During World War II, he broke the German naval Enigma code and helped Britain defeat the Nazis. As the father of computer science and a leading […]
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Even if you have received this before it is worth a re-read ¢â‚¬“ commit it to memory, it may save your life!!! Valuable Piece of information Let’s say it’s 6.15pm and you’re going home, after an unusually hard day at work. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your […]
Southern Baptist Decline
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 6/25/2012 Southern Baptist Decline — Martin E. Marty The two ¢â‚¬Å“big kids on the block ¢â‚¬ of American denominationalism are making front-page and prime-time news this early summer in ways which crowd out other stories of events and trends in most […]
SUFFERING – wisdom throughout the Bible
SUFFERING takes many forms in the biblical stories ¢â‚¬“ loss in battle, destruction of the nation, ravaging illnesses, premature death, great physical pain, rejection and loneliness, spiritual torment, disbelief about God ¢â‚¬â„¢s goodness… In the Creation stories God is good and powerful and just. God made a good world for humans to enjoy, but the man […]
Jesus, Divorce and Equal Marriage – A Rabbi reflects on a Christian ‘debate’
Rabbi James Baaden The last couple of weeks has seen much debate concerning the Church of England’s and to a lesser extent the Methodist Church’s responses to the Government’s consulation process on Same-Sex Marriage. One of the leading Christian campaigners for equality on this issue has been the radical social justice think-tank Ekklesia. On 12 June Ekklesia published its […]
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