Rowland Croucher
Betjemann: God was man in Palestine
“And is it true, and is it true? This most tremendous tale of all. Seen in a stained glass window’s hue A baby, in an ox’s stall. The maker of the stars and sea, Became a child on earth, for me? And is it true? For if it is, no loving fingers tying strings Around […]
Transformation (Brian McLaren)
“… Thinking about justice, talking about peace, debating public policy, and working for social change are important … but not as a substitute for the very personal choice to “prepare him room” in our hearts, so that (as the saying goes) we can be the change we want to see in the world. … how […]
Death sentence for 8 iranian evangelical christians?
URGENT: Death sentence for 8 iranian evangelical christians ? 8 Iranian church leaders jailed Eight Christians arrested in Iran last Sunday Nicolas Ciarapica, voxdei.org / aleloo.com Early morning on Sunday 10th December, 2006, the Iranian secret service investigated the homes of several Christians belonging to an independent movement. Members were summoned by the police in […]
Philip Yancey, Prayer: Does It Make a Difference?
Rather than doing a ‘critical review’ of Yancey’s excellent (‘research-heavy’) new book, I thought I’d post instead these ‘Ideas to Ponder’ I collected as I slowly read it over the last couple of months: * Hans Kung’s theological tome ‘On Being a Christian’, 702 pages long, did not include a chapter or even an index […]
Christmas songs
Can you guess the Christmas songs? 1. Quadruped with crimson proboscis 2. 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. without noise 3. Miniscule hamlet in the far east 4. Ancient benevolent despot 5. Adorn the vestibule 6. Exuberance directed to the planet 7. Listen, aerial spirits harmonizing 8. Monarchial trio 9. Yonder in the haystack 10. Assemble, […]
Full of Grace and Truth (N T Wright)
Full of Grace and Truth Hebrews 1.1–4; John 1.1–18 a sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Morning 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright If I asked you where in John’s Gospel you would find a wedding scene, several of you would know the answer at once. Don’t worry; I am not […]
Galatians: Exegesis and Theology (N T Wright)
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=”Windows-1252″; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 The Letter to the Galatians: Exegesis and Theology (Originally published in Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology Joel B. Green and Max Turner, eds., 2000, Grand Rapids: […]
Galatians: Exegesis and Theology (N T Wright)
as power games. Of course, as C. S. Lewis used to say, if people really thought about these things, it might become clear that the attacks, though sometimes interesting and important, are not ultimately valid. But most people in western Europe, and many in North America, do not think very hard about such issues. They […]
Judgment by works?
From ‘pontifications’, a blog (http://catholica.pontifications.net/?p=2112). “…Jesus’ parable of the last judgment (Matt 25:31-46)…. Occasionally a parishioner would cite precisely this parable and ask me how it can be reconciled with my claim that we are judged by faith alone. At such moments I would immediately retreat to the Apostle Paul and insist that the parable […]
Emperors and Angels (N T Wright)
Emperors and Angels Isaiah 9.2–7; Luke 2.1–20 a sermon at the Midnight Eucharist, Christmas Eve 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright Sing a song of Christmas, of emperors and angels; Sing a song of Christmas, of darkness now past; Sing a song of starlight, of shepherds and of mangers; Sing a […]
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