Rowland Croucher
Latin America is now less Catholic, more diverse
Latin America is now less Catholic, more diverse, says Lutheran leader Latin America was once considered a Roman Catholic continent but is now characterised by a religious pluralism that can lead to hostile competitiveness, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has heard. “An astounding shift is taking place,” the Rev. Walter […]
Miroslav Volf on church, mission and culture
Soundings No. 36, 13 June 2006 by Graham Hill A central theme running through much of Miroslav Volf’s writing is the relationship between gospel, church, mission and contemporary western culture, and this has some significant implications for the church in Australia it seeks to develop a missional understanding of what it means to be church […]
Interview with Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright
Posted: May 28, 2004 Interview with Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright of Durham, England May 21, 2004 By John L. Allen, Jr. Rome Anglican Bishop N.T. (Tom) Wright of Durham, England, is one of the world’s leading scholars on the New Testament, and especially on the letters of Paul. He is also a member of the […]
Steve Chalke on the Atonement
Evangelical Alliance attacks Steve Chalke over ‘Lost Message’ book -15/11/04 The row surrounding the controversial book ‘The Lost Message of Jesus’ has intensified, threatening splits within Evangelicalism, with a public statement issued by the Evangelical Alliance accusing the author, Rev Steve Chalke, of “avoiding” the “key biblical texts” from which the idea of penal substitution […]
One-Raspberry Holocaust
Leader’s Insight: One-Raspberry Holocaust New gifts from the death camps, plus a new book on quitting church to follow Jesus. by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large My youngest grandson (aged 10) and I went to Boston a few days ago and walked a part of the Freedom Trail. Along that path you encounter the […]
From Shakespeare to Sudan
From Shakespeare to Sudan An English professor becomes an unlikely crusader on Darfur. By Clara Germani | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NORTHAMPTON, MASS. – If an issue like African famine and strife was ever ready for American prime time, it was not in early 1999 when headlines and late-night punch lines were […]
Introducing God Course
From a pastor-friend: Introducing God Hi All Just wondering if any of you have been using the “Introducing God” series and if so, what are your thoughts? ~~~ I haven’t used it but am impressed with their website (except for the misspellings on it!) – http://www.introducinggod.org/comparison.php It has a slightly different starting-point to Alpha, assuming […]
Approaching Islam: confrontation or reconciliation (more)
Q: > I believe that the Palestinian Christians used the name Allah for God before the rise of Islam. I don’t have reference for that, but I’ve heard it said. Can anyone confirm it. A (from a wise friend): I’m not sure whether they did before Islam or not, there are virtually no records that […]
Theodicy
Czeslaw Milosz ~~~ No, it won’t do, my sweet theologians. Desire will not save the morality of God. If he created beings able to choose between good and evil, And they chose, and the world lies in iniquity, Nevertheless, there is pain, and the undeserved torture of creatures, Which would find its explanation only by […]
Books on Evil
Two netfriends’ suggestions: 1. Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence, (Princeton University Press, 1994) by Jon D. Levenson is a truly thought-provoking work. 2. Top picks aside from N T Wright on evil for philosophy of religion are Kenneth Surin, Theology and the Problem of Evil. (Blackwell) Terrence Tilley, […]
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