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Pray for the World May 3 2011

On May 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER * CHURCHES FLATTENED AS EARTHQUAKE HITS NORTH EAST BURMA * CHURCHES IN JAPAN RECOVER AS ECUMENICAL SPIRIT SHINES * ABSTINENCE INCREASES SEXUAL COUNTER REVOLUTION * CHURCHES A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS FOR LIBYA * CHRISTIAN PROTESTORS ATTACKED BY EGYPTIAN ARMY * SYRIA: PROTESTORS KILLED * RESCUING PROSTITUTES AND PROMOTING VIRTUE IN […]

MARIA SILVERBACK: A Tribute (2 May 2011)

On May 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Good afternoon friends Today we’re celebrating the life and cherishing our memories of Maria Silverback. Last week, on Anzac Day – it   was also Dave and Maria’s wedding anniversary – she passed away. A young wife and mum – she was only 35! Occasionally, just occasionally, someone comes into your life – it might be […]

DOES GOD HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR?

On May 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The attribute of God that is most forgotten and most relevant for today is God ¢â‚¬â„¢s sense of humor. In the story of Creation the Book of Genesis quotes God as saying,  ¢â‚¬Å“Let us make man in our own image. ¢â‚¬  And so He did. And He saw that it was good, very good. Since that time […]

Killing in the Name of God

On April 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

 ¢â‚¬Ëœ ¢â‚¬ËœKilling in the Name of God ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬â„¢ 1 William T. Cavanaugh The Lord God said  ¢â‚¬Ëœ ¢â‚¬ËœYou shall not kill ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬â„¢ and yet those who profess to be bound by these words do a lot of killing. Indeed, we are told, one of the most fundamental contemporary threats to world peace is the conviction of some that God […]

My Story (Rowland Croucher)

On April 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

(Written for our church’s bulletin – East Doncaster Baptist Church (30th April, 2011). Rowland Croucher: (A Little of) My Story In his new book Falling Upward Richard Rohr quotes a Native American aphorism:  ¢â‚¬ËœNo wise person ever wanted to be younger ¢â‚¬â„¢. (His theme:  ¢â‚¬ËœThe way up is the way down [or] the way down is […]

Tribes: we need you to lead us

On April 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Seth Godin, Tribes: we need you to lead us (New York: Portfolio, 2008) ISBN 978-1-59184-233-0 Hardback, 151 pages Reviewed by Darren Cronshaw,  Coordinator of Leadership Training, Baptist Union of Victoria; Pastor, Auburn Baptist Church It is in our nature to gather in tribes. Seth Godin describes a tribe as a group of people connected to one […]

Pray for the World 29 April 2011

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Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 105 | Wed 27 Apr 2011 By Elizabeth Kendal WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list this month. ‘Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me . . . When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.’ For, ‘This I know, that […]

Hell: Love Wins?

On April 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

‘Abandon all hope ye who enter here’ Written over the entrance of Dante ¢â‚¬â„¢s Hell Still Thinking  ¢â‚¬“ Hell Last Thursday an article appeared in Time Magazine that has caused a major stir among American Evangelicals.   A month ago Pastor Rob Bell the founder of the Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids Michigan, published a […]

Humour Sunday: first Sunday in May

On April 27, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi Wow……. don’t we miss a lot when we throw out history and liturgy. Fascinating to see churches about the place celebrating Sunday May 1 as,”Holy Humour Sunday”.(“Risus Paschalis”-God’s Joke, The Easter Laugh).   Check it out. Its a bit more than: And who was the wisest financial investor in the Bible? Noah who floated his […]

Weddings: some ideas here :-)?

On April 27, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

http://bellevue.patch.com/articles/t-mobile-uk-gets-in-on-the-royal-wedding-action#youtube_video-5700322 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SYp3y4JXLg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

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