Rowland Croucher
Album Review – No Line on the Horizon – U2
The latest U2 [http://u2.com] album – No Line on the Horizon [http://astore.amazon.com/soulthou-20/detail/B001O5W6C0]- could well go down as one of their best. As they did with their classic Achtung Baby in 1991, this album is a result of a slight re-invention of this fabulous band’s music. I say ‘slight’ because the change from the previous album […]
Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists
Anglican evangelicals are supping with the devil. But do they have a long enough spoon? MELANIE PHILLIPS WEDNESDAY, 4TH MARCH 2009 Melanie Phillips says there is a dangerous new alliance between anti-Israel Christians and radical Muslim groups, often plotting in secret against their common enemy Last weekend the Revd Stephen Sizer, vicar of Christ Church, […]
The Religious Violence of Defending Marriage
*Sightings* 3/12/09 — Jon Pahl A recent article in *The Atlantic* and recently released Lutheran documents give good reasons to revisit the status of gays and lesbians across American society. Unfortunately, few commentators to date have addressed the most troubling development of the past few years: the growth of DOMA Laws, or “Defense of Marriage […]
Bushfire Survival Tips
A GREAT RELIEF by Liz Tilley, Canberra 9 February 2009 As a survivor of the January 2003 firestorm in Canberra, my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, homes, pets, and a lifetime of memories in the tragic Victorian fires. As I sit watching TV news coverage, with my heart racing and […]
Works without faith is dead
Jeremiah 31:31-34 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah%2031:31-34;&version=72;] 1 Corinthians 13 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%2013;&version=72;] Luke 4:14-20 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%204:14-20;&version=72;] One of the things though that I need to constantly remind myself of, and that the church in general can fall into the trap of, is doing works of justice and forgetting why we do them. Why is it that we do what we do? […]
Soldier says rabbis pushed religious war in Gaza
20 Mar 2009 Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) – Rabbis in the Israeli army told battlefield troops in January’s Gaza offensive they were fighting a “religious war” against gentiles, according to one army commander’s account published on Friday. “Their message was very clear: we are the Jewish people, we came to this land by […]
Struggling with Respectability?
Selwyn Hughes tells of a humiliating, ‘ugly’ time in his ministry when, after preaching a hugely theological sermon and feeling somewhat proud of himself, his ego was dropped from a rather large height when a trusted confidant assisted God in reinforcing that Jesus didn’t say, “Feed my giraffes,” but “Feed my sheep.”[1] Hughes was suddenly […]
Enjoy Old Age
When you wake up in the morning, push your elbows out away from your body. If you don’t strike wood, you haven’t been buried yet. When you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, you will know you are dead. When you wake up in the morning and can get out of bed by […]
Even in the church…
From a Facebook friend: “I think a lot about how we seem like a pack of dogs, always trying to gain dominance, always happy to step on whoever we have to in the process… how we give respect and honor to those who are vested with certain characteristics that seem more mate-worthy, how all the […]
Pride
From a Facebook friend: “This is an interesting concept … a question arises: how do you know if “God has done this for me” or if “God hasn’t done this for me”. We then need some criteria to judge if God ever does anything for anyone. The issue for me is not so much has […]
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