Rowland Croucher
TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012)
CHURCHES VS GAYS: WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS IMPASSE? Review/Summary: TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012). Note 1. Disclosure: I (still) call myself an Evangelical. Archbishop David Penman launched my book on Evangelicals in 1986. Before that, in the 1970s I was Victorian media spokesperson for the Festival of […]
Changing Household/Marriage Arrangements in Australia
First: study these statistics. What do they tell us? GRAPHIC: Changing households Relationship to nominated household member 2011 % change since 2006 Husband, wife or partner in a registered marriage 7,647,044 6.8% Husband, wife or partner, de facto, opposite-sex 1,411,345 18.3% Husband, wife or partner, de facto, male same-sex 33,719 29.6% Husband, wife or […]
The Woolwich Killing: “We must fight them as they fight us.”
Posted: 22 May 2013 02:31 PM PDT Today in Woolwich, England, a man reported to be a British soldier was cut down by two Anglo-African Muslims wielding knives and a machete. One of the killers, speaking in a home-grown English accent, is heard on video to say: “We swear by almighty Allah we will never […]
Are Christians More Like Jesus or More Like the Pharisees?
April 30, 2013 ¢â‚¬“ One of the common critiques leveled at present-day Christianity is that it ¢â‚¬â„¢s a religion full of hypocritical people. A new Barna Group study examines the degree to which this perception may be accurate. The study explores how well Christians seem to emulate the actions and attitudes of Jesus in […]
Slavery: Does the Bible Condone it?
Does the Bible condone slavery? by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com A common objection to the Bible is that it portrays a God who condones slavery. Considering there about 27 million slaves in the world today, it is a major issue that many Christians are involved in try to abolish. The abolitionist movement made famous by […]
Some (pathetic) humor
TEACHER: What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested? PUPILS: A teacher. =============== A lawyer was cross-examining the doctor about whether or not he had checked the pulse of the deceased before he signed the death certificate. “No,” the doctor said. “I did not check […]
Pentecost sermon: The Holy Spirit as Comforter
A JOURNEY TO PENTECOST : The HOLY SPIRIT AS COMFORTER (A GOOD SERMON HAS A GOOD BEGINNING, A GOOD ENDING, AND THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME BETWEEN THE TWO.) (I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve had a recent revelation about preaching: not everyone can cope with a long sermon, so today you ¢â‚¬â„¢re just getting the headlines ¢â‚¬“ a classical ¢â‚¬Ëœthree points ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬“ […]
Humor: Wise Sayings :-)
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible – George Burns <><> Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. – Victor Borge <><> Be careful about reading health books. You may die […]
“Social Justice”— a term the Religious Right despises… Really?
Sightings Spotlight on the Religious Left by Martin E. Marty Monday | May 13 2013 Almost always Sightings takes off from the sighting of a particular recent news event. This week, for fun and games, we ¢â‚¬â„¢ll make an exception and address a generic theme: the religious left. Several weeks ago we commented on Jim Wallis, […]
Pentecost, a sermon: The Holy Spirit’s Gift of Comfort
A JOURNEY TO PENTECOST I was wide awake at at 3 o ¢â‚¬â„¢clock this morning. A mogadon sleeping tablet could not entice any more sleep… Yesterday afternoon I ¢â‚¬â„¢d brought Jan home from a 10-day sojourn in the special care unit of the local hospital. Some bright imaging on a PET scan told us she had uterine […]
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