Rowland Croucher
Extra Ecclesiam
Sightings 8/7/06 — Martin E. Marty One week after I explained why Sightings does not always pick the “topic of the week” for comment, I find myself commenting on the “topic of last week,” Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic outburst. I’ll pass the whole controversy by except to lift out a sub-theme. From the Chicago Sun-Times “wires,” […]
The Iraqi Constitution and American Democracy
Sightings 8/3/06 Good for the Gander? The Iraqi Constitution and American Democracy — Brett T. Wilmot Whether you are liberal or conservative, believe that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was justified or not, most of us probably can agree that the establishment of a democratic government in Baghdad would represent a significant improvement over […]
Why did he die?
A man was on his knees at a grave, crying “Oh, why did you die! Why did you die? If only you had lived a long life!” A woman went up to the deeply distressed man and said sympathetically “How awful for you to be in such pain. Is it your wife?” “No, it’s my […]
Jesus [36] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (22)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Tom Wright: ‘There is no pre-Christian Jewish tradition suggesting that the messiah would be born of a virgin. No one used Isaiah 7:14 this way before Matthew […]
Ubiquitous Perpetuity God
This was in the newspaper. Therefore it must be true. When Enrique Silbert first tried to change his name to “God,” the Judge said it would create “too much confusion.” But Superior Court Judge David Menary on Wednesday approved Silbert’s new moniker once he added a first and middle name. Now his name is: Ubiquitous […]
Pastoral Leadership and Trust
Pastoral Leadership and Trust Lovette Weems reflects upon pastors as leaders of change in the congregation. The prerequisite for leading for change is trust: The first thing that leaders must create is trust. People give out of trust. They must have leaders who are creditable to them. “A leader wins trust slowly, but can lose […]
Anointing With Oil
In the South Yarra congregation, we have three main times when we anoint with oil. 1. Accompanying prayers for healing, as per James 5:14. This can have at least three variations too. Sometimes we include a special rite of healing in the middle of our Sunday service. This is rare, but we did have one […]
4 August 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
Today’s Headlines: CHINESE AUTHORITIES RAID SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ TRAINING CLASS 20 CHRISTIANS WOUNDED IN IRAQI CAR BOMB ATTACK ON CHURCHES MORE THAN HALF OF IRAQ’S CHRISTIANS HAVE LEFT SINCE BEGINNING OF WAR ‘SEND A JEEP TO CONGO’ PROJECT GETS KIDS INVOLVED IN MISSIONS WORLD VISION PRESIDENT EMERITUS TED ENGSTROM DIES AT 90 Today’s Top Stories: […]
Belarus; China; Moldova; Transdniester
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief 3 August 2006 BELARUS: GOVERNMENT REJECTS UN CRITICISM http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=822 Belarus has officially rejected the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s finding that it has […]
Displaced Christians in the Middle East
This email contains today’s Daily Communiqu © from Barnabas Fund’s website. Recent communiqu ©s have covered the following subjects: Some Muslim responses to Hizbullah. Christian suffering in Iraq. Ongoing sectarian cleansing in Iraq. To see these communiqu ©s click this link http://www.barnabasfund.org/archivenews/country.php?news_country=DAILY%20COMMUNIQUE Displaced Christians in the Middle East ————————————— The current conflict in Lebanon has caused almost a […]
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