Rowland Croucher
Is the Small Suburban Church Dying? (more)
A few random notes: I reckon there are three ingredients needed here: a missional one; a change in thinking functionally about the strengths and weaknesses of a small suburban church, and a change in thinking about leadership in the church – any church – vis-a-vis our clericalist history… I’ve only pastored two ‘small suburban churches’ […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s video message for World Aids Day
Churches must be brave, imaginative and honest in the face of HIV and Aids 28th November 2007 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that churches need to be brave, imaginative and honest in the fight against the spread of HIV and Aids. In a message for World Aids Day [Saturday 1st December], […]
Tolerance
‘Selective tolerance is not tolerance at all’ Justice Michael Kirby (Judge on Australian High Court, declared homosexual)
Baptists and Reproductive Donor Rights
Baptist Union of Australia Baptist Union of NSW JOINT MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 29 November 2007 Baptists support reproductive donor rights National and state Baptist leaders have supported new legislation allowing reproductive donors to restrict their sperm or eggs to recipients of specific religious, ethnic or cultural groups. The Rev Dr Ross Clifford, President […]
Well known proverbs
A 1st grade school teacher presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic! 1. Don’t change horses until they stop running. […]
Universalism
A friend wrote: It seems to me that Universalism is oppressive – anti-freedom. The Universalist god takes the Atheist’s “no” to mean “yes” – or at least “well, OK then, if you insist”…# My response: Yesterday I had my weekly special-time with our two-year-old granddaughter. I do the weekly shopping with her, and part of […]
Heaven and Hell
To a friend who asked whether God gives adults the freedom to accept/reject him and live with the eternal consequences of that choice, I wrote… My inference is that in terms of knowledge/ignorance of the cosmic consequences of our choices the best analogy is that of a small child, not an adult – unless the […]
Original Sin
The preacher began with: “I had intended to speak about original sin this morning, but on reflecting about my own sins I was unable to come up with any that was particularly original!”
International News
* 12 MILLION REFUGEES AND 34 MILLION DISPLACED BY WAR LOOK FOR A PLACE TO BELONG * WASHINGTON IMAM DECLARES MUSLIM PLAN TO TAKE OVER AMERICA * PRINCE CHARLES VISITS LONDON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FOR HIS BIRTHDAY * NEW ZEALAND MINISTER OF EDUCATION WANTS TO LICENSE SUNDAY SCHOOLS * CHRISTIAN TEEN IN UK TAKES PURITY RING […]
A Little piece of astonishing political trivia…
Australia’s second Prime Minister, ‘affable’ Alfred Deakin, served three terms as Prime Minister, 1903-04, 1904-08, 1909-10. During the thirteen years of his involvement in Federal politics, Deakin anonymously wrote commentaries on Australian politics for the London Morning Post, *some of which contained criticism of his own actions as Prime Minister* (my emphasis)… Anyone know any […]
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