Rowland Croucher
The Struggle for the soul of Islam
December 2006 Anxious Muslims The struggle for the soul of Islam by Richard McGregor When I am asked why Muslims have not stood up to denounce terrorism, I often suggest that the questioner do a Google search under “fatwa against terrorism” (it will spew some 80,000 hits), or I ask if he or she knows […]
Contextualization in the New Testament
Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission, Dean Flemming, IVP, Downers Grove, Illinois, 2005, 344pp. Introduction. Since Christians are caught ‘between the desire to communicate the Word of God in culturally relevant ways and the fear of giving away too much of the gospel in the process’, this book ‘is an attempt […]
I Was a Stranger
“At least Pinochet was able to die a natural death, surrounded by his family, attended to by the best surgeons. We weren’t even able to bring a drink of water to our loved ones as they were tortured and disappeared. But we know the truth: History has cast its judgment on Pinochet.” – Vibiana Diaz […]
The Mode of Baptism
From a netfriend: It seems to me that the biblical mode of Christian Baptism is immersion, but NOT submersion (although submersion is not invalid, just improper). A person would stand in water and a copious quantity of water would be poured on their heads from above. Their whole body would be touched by the water, […]
The Gospel in a Feed Trough
The Gospel in a Feed Trough A sermon on Luke 2:1-20 by Nathan Nettleton, The Feast of the Nativity, 2006 Who have we gathered to celebrate tonight? Who is the one whom we gather to greet? Who is the one whose presence with us at the table we anticipate tonight? The baby of Bethlehem? The […]
Australian News 20th December 2006
AUSTRALIAN NEWS 20th December 2006 AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THE RELIGIOUS VILIFICATION APPEAL VERDICT * YOU THOUGHT VICTORIA HAD PROBLEMS – WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT IS PLANNED FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA * FINAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN VICTORIAN UPPER HOUSE ELECTION ———————————————– A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THE RELIGIOUS VILIFICATION […]
Pastors’ toil and trouble
Andrew Bolt December 20, 2006 ANDREW Bolt writes: THESE exhausted pastors have been harassed, threatened, denounced as bigots and flayed in the papers and on the ABC. AND so the witchhunt in Salem, Victoria, is over. At least for now. But it is not enough to shrug at the persecution of Danny Nalliah and Daniel […]
Top Ten Signs of a Fundamentalist
(Note from Rowland: this is an interesting list; how would you respond?) TOP TEN SIGNS YOU’RE A (CHRISTIAN) FUNDAMENTALIST (found on http://www.evilbible.com) 10 – You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 – You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when […]
Peace-making
If this task of building a peaceful world is the most important task of our time, it is also the most difficult. It will, in fact, require far more discipline, more sacrifice, more planning, more thought, more co-operation and more heroism than war ever demanded. — Thomas Merton
Galatians (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: […]
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