Rowland Croucher
Jesus is Lord (Richard Rohr)
A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE ¢â‚¬Å“Jesus is Lord ¢â‚¬ (Romans 10:9 [1]) was proclaimed by the early church as their most concise creedal statement. No one ever told me this was a political and subversive statement, until I studied the Scriptures. To say ¢â‚¬Å“Jesus is Lord ¢â‚¬ was testing and provoking the Roman pledge of allegiance that […]
Jewish Joke
A fleeing Taliban, desperate for water, was plodding through the Afghan desertwhen he saw something far off in the distance. Hoping to find water, he hurried toward the oasis, only to find a little old Jewish man at a small stand, selling ties. The Taliban asked, “Do you have water?” The Jewish man replied, “I have no water. Would […]
RED SKELTON’S RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
RED SKELTON’S RECIPE : For those of you old enough to remember Red Skelton, I think you will enjoy this. For those of you not old enough you will see what you missed. Either way, his humor was always clean and he was a great entertainer. A re-run of great ‘one liners from the man […]
Breivik’s Christianity
Sightings 8/1/2011 — Martin E. Marty Sightings returns to work after a month away. Start with a timely quiz. Q: What do the following have in common? Anders Behring Breivik, killer of scores of innocents in Norway; assassins Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK) and Sirhan Sirhan (RFK); serial killers: Dennis Rader (Kansas, murdered 10); Charles Starkweather […]
A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE (Richard Rohr)
Richard’s Daily Meditations In recent elections one would have thought that homosexuality and abortion were the new litmus tests of Christianity. Where did this come from? They never were the criteria of proper membership for the first 2000 years, but reflect very recent culture wars instead! And largely from people who think of themselves as […]
Is there a God? Review of Lennox/Singer Debate
http://www.iscast.org/lennox_singer_debate_review Submitted by admin on Wed, 27/07/2011 by James Garth (ISCAST) July 2011 The Debate – Introduction: The Fixed Point Foundation sponsored a debate in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday 20th July 2011 on the topic “Is There a God?”. The debate featured Princeton University Bio-ethicist and atheist Peter Singer and Oxford University Professor and Christian […]
Becoming the Christ (Richard Rohr)
The three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) are largely about the historical Jesus who worked miracles, who taught, who promised us a new way of seeing, a new way of life in this world. It is seldom pointed out, however, that Paul is not talking about Jesus; Paul is almost always talking about ¢â‚¬Å“Christ. ¢â‚¬ […]
No standing at any time as Belarus moves on still life
Ilya Mouzykantskii, Moscow July 31, 2011 A youth is arrested by plainclothes policemen at a peaceful protest in Minsk, Belarus. Photo: AFP IRON-FISTED authorities in Belarus have responded to a burst of creative modes of protest by young protesters with a strange innovation of their own: a law prohibiting people standing together and doing nothing. A […]
The Arrogance of Authority
A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas, and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The rancher said, “Okay , but don’t go in that field over there,” as he pointed out the location. The DEA officer […]
CRIME: IS TOUGHER SENTENCING THE ANSWER?
July 29 By Alan Matheson The Vic Govt is doing a “Sentencing Survey” through the pages of the tabloid press (Herald Sun). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/have-your-say-on-justice-and-sentencing/story-fn7x8me2-1226102413896 The Govt is ignorant,or confused or devious and manipulative. This kind of ‘self selected survey’ has no credibility or scientific validity: it’s a travesty, and a nasty piece of political populism. A letter from Vic […]
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