Apologetics
Refugees
I had a visit this morning from a member of the Rural Australians for Refugees, who are organising a meeting here in a few weeks. Their flyer is very interesting, and I thought I would share some of it with you. If those who know more about this could comment on the validity of the […]
Reading Harry Potter With Christian Eyes
, Blakehurst Baptist Church, 6.30 pm, Sunday January 6, 2002 Deuteronomy 18:9-13; Isaiah 5:20-21; Colossians 2:8-15; Philippians 4:6-8 Sometimes we forget that the world in which we live is the canvas on which good and evil splash their stories. It might take the rise of Adolf Hitler, or the destruction of the World Trade Center […]
Proofs That God Exists
From: “Ken Smith” <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Eight proofs that God exists > Responding to Rowland’s comment … > > “Rowland Croucher” <> writes: > > >”Barry OGrady” <> wrote in message > . > >> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:24:53 +1100, “Rowland Croucher” > ><> wrote: > >> > >> > > […]
Why Religion Doesn’t Work For Me!
I am amazed at how much tragedy comes out of religion and religiosity! It’s always been this way throughout the ages. Mankind, attempting to reach God on his own and believing he has found “the” way, feels the need to show it off to others. This external show seems to take the place of a […]
Where Is God?
A man wanted to see and hear God. So he went out to a hilltop and yelled and pleaded with God. “Speak to me!” And a bird sang. And disappointed he again begged God to speak to him and all he heard was the sound of children playing in the distance. “Please God, touch me!” […]
Education Is Neither A Luxury Nor A Privilege
[From the Richard Rohr Publication, Radical Grace’] Imagine that the entire population of children aged six to 14 in Europe and North America do not go to school, but stay at home or work. The figure seems incredible, yet that is the fate of an equivalent number of children of primary school age in developing […]
Harry Potter: Can A Wizard Teach Moral Lessons?
BreakPoint with Chuck Colson – The hottest film of the year-perhaps of any year-opened in theaters Friday. Unless you’ve been living on Mars, you know that the movie is about a pre-teen wizard named Harry Potter. Only the battles over church music have come close to generating the controversy we’ve witnessed over Harry Potter. Some […]
Singing And Praying Jubilee (Wallace Ford)
As the churches opened their new year last Advent, Pope John Paul II opened the Jubilee door in St. Peter’s Basilica, announcing a year long observance of Jubilee. During this year, we Christians will attempt to appropriate and internalize this special gift we have received from our Jewish forbearers. If our observance is to be […]
Minister Charged Over Fatal Exorcism Promises A Miracle
27.11.2001 By TONY STICKLEY The founder of a Mt Roskill church says a woman he is accused of strangling during an exorcism last December will return to life next month. Pastor Luke Lee, who has gone on trial for manslaughter, told the High Court at Auckland yesterday that the woman would return a “total human […]
Forgotten Christians Of The Holy Land
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-228 (General) THE FORGOTTEN CHRISTIANS OF THE HOLY LAND A letter appeared in The Age (Melbourne) under that headline on Christmas Day, saying that it was ‘an appropriate time to reflect on the plight of a unique Christian community — the Christian inhabitants of the place where it all began, Palestine. ‘At […]
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