Rowland Croucher
Two stories from Australian Baptist History
Heard two stories in a pastoral conversation with a senior Baptist lady today: (1) In the 1930s a Victorian Baptist College lecturer visited the study of a theological student and saw a small wooden cross on his desk. There was a meeting of the College Council, and the ‘Baptist Union’ about it, and the student […]
Jesus and God
Netfriend 1: Personally, having sought but not found some of the particulars of classic creedal statements regarding the nature of Christ’s deity in the scriptures themselves, I would prefer that everyone studying such matters were even a bit more honest about what the NT does and doesn’t say. I am in particular thinking of such […]
Sex and Humour: Q’s and A’s
Q: Seriously, is sex funny? A: Only if they laugh Q: Why don’t some people laugh? A: Socialization or association or… Q: Huh? A: Socialization: an authority-figure or two (parents, pastors) told you sex – or some aspects of sex – are not funny. (For Gnostics ancient and modern, the body and its functions are […]
The Catholic Vote
Sightings 11/27/06 The Catholic Vote — Martin E. Marty “God Gap Narrows as Democrats Take Majority of Catholic Vote” is Joe Feuerherd’s headline in the liberal National Catholic Reporter (November 17). “Republican hopes that socially conservative church-going Catholics would help forestall an electoral catastrophe in the 2006 midterm elections were not simply dashed. They were […]
The Cab Ride [ A Short Story ]
THE CAB RIDE . Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I arrived at 2:30 am, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, and then drive away. . But I […]
A Prayer for Our Prodigals
Lord, only you know where our prodigals are – not just the physical place but in their hearts, their minds, their spirits. None of us can hide from you, and who is lost that you cannot find? We pray for them. Lord, bring them home – not just to us, not even first to us, […]
The Race
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Ted Haggard’s Sin
Sightings 11/30/06 Ted Haggard’s “Sin” — Jon Pahl Now that some of the dust has settled from the unfortunate fall of evangelical leader Ted Haggard — who has confessed to being a “sinner” to his congregation — we can achieve some longer-range perspective on what it all means. I agree with Martin Marty that Rev. […]
Gay Rights Laws
Bishop Warns of Youth Clubs and Welfare Projects Closures in Wake of http://tinyurl.com/yhc9mb A senior Church of England bishop has warned that Anglican youth clubs, welfare projects and charities may close because of new gay rights laws. by Anne Thomas Posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 11:23 (GMT) A senior Church of England bishop has warned […]
Simone Weil on the needs of the soul
Simone Weil lays out needs of soul which are in paired opposites: order liberty obedience responsibility equality hierarchy security risk private property public property honor punishment freedom of expression absolute and yet also somehow a freedom from falsehood which not as an opposite really but as beyond the pairs leads to finally the need for […]
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