Apologetics
Can and Trade
To this… This is the best critique of Cap’nTrade I’ve seen – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA6FSy6EKrM an American friend responded: Cap and Trade possibly the worst idea anyone ever thought up. It’s always bad when the central government intervenes in the economy, but it’s even worse when it does so to reward bad behavior; and that EXACTLY what […]
Religious reality on climate change
Why should religious people be involved in the climate change debate? And how should religious people, particularly Christians, view themselves in relation to the earth and God, the creator of the earth? Canadian Moderator adds name to letter in Copenhagen. December 21, 2009
Swords into Ploughshares (more)
From a pastor-friend: Here’s the first chapter of a book called Testimony, by Daniel Berrigan, the man who began the Ploughshares movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plowshares_Movement) in the early 1980s. He writes not merely of a future hope of transformation, but of the Christian imperative for literal acts of disarmament now. http://www.maryknollsocietymall.org/chapters/1-57075-545-0.pdf May it inspire you all to […]
Religion repressed in third of all nations
Dec. 16, 2009 Study: Religion repressed in third of all nations NEW YORK (AP) — A new report [see below] has found that nearly a third of countries have stiff restrictions on religious practice, either because of government policies and laws or hostile acts by individuals or groups. The study by the Pew Research Center, […]
Emission , Trading Schemes And Carbon Credits
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * EXPLAINING EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES AND CARBON CREDITS ———————————————– EXPLAINING EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES AND CARBON CREDITS Editors comments: With discussions surrounding an Emissions Trading Scheme for Australia likely to be re-ignited when Parliament resumes next year we thought we would go out this year with an article actually seeking to explain […]
The Biblical Case for Rethinking the Church’s Condemnation of Homosexuality
by Nathan Nettleton November 2009 (Rev. Nathan Nettleton is an ordained pastor with the Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia). http://laughingbird.net/SupplementarySubmission.pdf
Pentecostal pastor affirms acceptance of homosexuals
(Note from Rowland: this is the first time I’ve heard of a Pentecostal pastor affirming our acceptance of homosexuals. Groundbreaking!) http://www.baysidechurch.com.au/podcasts/RealChristianityIsAccepting_ 17102009.mov October 2009
Obama’s Nobel War speech
http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/17/obama-in-oslo-what-if/ Cornel West has said we must “keep [Obama] accountable in a self-critical not self-righteous ways.” This link is an attempt of one of the Bonhoeffer 4 to do just that while in the midst of silence about Obama’s war budget exceeds that of Bush’s. http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/17/obama-in-oslo-what-if/ It was easy for many to be against Bush’s […]
The Shibboleth of Homosexuality: a Question of Evangelical Identity
(Note from Rowland: some important considerations here from the field of social psychology etc. I’ve asked Paul if we can publish his follow-up article on this broad subject – which might contain some conclusions from the biblical material!). By Paul Tyson The Book of Judges informs us that Jephthah, the son of Gilead and a […]
Swords into Ploughshares
From a pastor-friend: I can remember being quite moved by Tom Wright’s description of the Tree of Life sculpture in the entrance foyer of the British Museum. It is made out of decommissioned guns and weapons from the Mozambique civil war. It turns weapons (swords) into ploughshares in a powerful and beautiful way. I’ve used […]
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