Rowland Croucher
The Bible is Neither Conservative or Liberal
The Bible is Neither Conservative or Liberal (by Jim Wallis) Beliefnet invited Jim Wallis for a “blogalogue” with David Klinghoffer, author of How Would God Vote? Why the Bible Commands You to Be a Conservative. Here’s Jim’s response to David’s first post, “Let’s Clarify the Politics of the Bible”: You claim that the Bible has […]
Jesus Is Just Alright
*Sightings* 6/12/08 — Brian Collins Recently released on DVD, David Di Sabatino’s 2005 documentary *Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher *tells the story of Lonnie Frisbee, a significant figure in the Jesus People Movement, a strain of evangelical Christianity that emerged from the counterculture of the late 1960s. After experiencing a religious […]
If Bush had only read Iraqi history
Jordan Times, 12-6-2008 Michael Jansen Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has failed to persuade domestic and neighbouring critics to go along with the US version of a status of forces agreement (SOA), which would legitimise the presence of US troops and politicos in Iraq for the foreseeable future. Iraqi legislators argue that the proposed SOA would […]
Sydney Anglicans and the Worldwide Homosexuality Debate
The Archbishop says No ‘The church I was ordained in is not the church I am in now’ David Marr June 10, 2008 – 3:39PM The Anglican Church faces a modern Great Schism, with gay-tolerant Christians on one side and radical “Bible-believers” on the other. And at the forefront of the hardliners is Australia’s outspoken […]
I’ll get my coat
The ship was sinking fast and four sailors were able to get a lifeboat into the water and climb into it safely. They decided to have a cigarette and relax a few moments before starting their journey to safety. The cigarettes were dry, but all their matches were wet and they had no way to […]
Weaker Faith
*Sightings* 6/9/08 — Martin E. Marty Four weeks ago *Sightings* picked up on a column in *The Wall Street Journal * by Alan Jacobs, whom I misnamed. His fan club quickly alerted me to his achievements. While I had read some of his columns in *Books and Culture*, his name evidently had not registered enough […]
Will Bill Gates Go to Heaven?
One of the biggest givers to charity last year was Bill Gates. The Gates foundation says that they upholds two values that we agree are important – All lives have equal value, and, secondly, to whom much is given, much is expected. We could even say that Gates giving provides a wonderful example of Christ […]
Transgenderism and Religious Narratives
Sightings 6/5/08 — Melissa Conroy National Public Radio recently aired a series on children who suffer from what some psychologists call a gender identity disorder, also known as transgenderism. The children believe they have been born into the wrong biological body. It is not that the child wants to “become” a boy or girl, but […]
The Origin of the Internet
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader called Abraham of Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot of Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called ‘Amazon Dot Com’. And she said unto Abraham, her […]
With Whom to Eat?
By Harry T. Cook Matthew 9: 9-13 Servant-hood can be very ennobling. Just stand behind the counter in a soup kitchen benevolently handing out bowls of soup to the indigent, silently saying to yourself, “Self: there but for good fortune go I.” I’ve done that many times over at a soup kitchen our church supports. […]
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