Rowland Croucher
The Problem With Hell
Note from Rowland: For more on this important topic see articles on hell – http://jmm.org.au/catalog/keyword/h-5.htm and universalism – http://jmm.org.au/catalog/keyword/u-3.htm ***** Hell is potentially a hot topic, and I approach it with some fear & trepidation. Yet it is an incredibly important topic, as, in its typically accepted form, Christians anticipate that many (possibly the majority) […]
Facebook – beware!
Lance Lawton wrote: Hi folks, Again a general advice from me addressed to everyone I can remember having as Facebook friends and whose e-mail address I have … You might recall me writing a few months ago about the experience of having my Facebook account disabled for reasons that remained mysterious. A week or two […]
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * THE TALIBAN MAKING HUGE INROADS INTO PAKISTAN * TIME FOR CHRISTIANS TO WAKE UP TO ANTI CHRISTIAN INTOLERANCE CLAIMS ARCHBISHOP * INDIA: PERSECUTION PERSISTS, PRAYER A PRIORITY * VIETNAM CHURCH GROWS, DESPITE OPPOSITION * INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR BURMA – SUNDAY 8th MARCH —————————————- THE TALIBAN MAKING HUGE INROADS […]
Not Another Blonde Joke!
Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other, ‘Which do you think is farther away…Florida or the moon?’ The other blonde turns and says ‘Helloooooooooo, can you seeFlorida?????’ CAR TROUBLE A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died. […]
No One Sees God (Novak)
*Sightings* 2/26/09 The Hidden Dialogue –Thomas Zebrowski The public debate about God in which the writings of Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and Dinesh D’Souza, among others, are prominent is more obviously focused on the existence than the nature of the divine. Yet the second topic is very relevant to many of the issues being disputed. […]
Honest to God
John A T Robinson “Honest to God” (SCM Press: 1963) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Traditional Christian theology has been based upon the proofs for the existence of God. … the proposition behind it is that there is an entity or being ‘out there’ whose existence is problematic and has to be demonstrated. Now such an entity, even if […]
Earliest Human Footprint
Earliest ‘human footprints’ found Ileret footprint (M Bennett) Laser scanning was used to plot the exact dimensions of the prints The earliest footprints showing evidence of modern human foot anatomy and gait have been unearthed in Kenya. The 1.5-million-year-old footprints display signs of a pronounced arch and short, aligned toes, in contrast to older footprints. […]
Churches Must Act on Climate Change
New book demands radical action from churches on climate change By staff writers 22 Feb 2009 The church must act on the destruction, poverty and injustice caused by climate change by demanding cuts in carbon emissions and facing the theological challenges of global warming. So says a new book by Paula Clifford, head of theology […]
When Jesus and Justice Kiss (Shane Claiborne)
When Jesus and Justice Kiss by Shane Claiborne 01-29-2009 It seems that much of our conversation as a Church is in a perpetual cycle of reaction. We are tempted to exaggerate the neglected truth, and end up making incomplete disciples, either social justice disciples without Jesus or Jesus disciples without social justice. Then there are […]
Lese Majeste in Thailand
(Note from Rowland: ‘Revering’ royalty is OK if royal persons behave themselves. But while the aged king of Thailand is revered, the prince – who, theoretically, is the heir-apparent – seems to be despised by everyone.. It’s got the whole country agitated, because royalty there seems to be above the law. People get killed for […]
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 :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress