Apologetics
Child Laborers
Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments.” — Jim Rohn “The best parachute folders are those who jump themselves.” — Cited in Even More of…The Best of Bits & Pieces “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically […]
Ethics (1)
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-117 ETHICS (1) From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. The faith that you have, have as your own conviction before God. Romans 14:22. In 1932 Aldous Huxley wrote about a Brave New World in which human embryos underwent a […]
Positive Or Negative Doubt
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-067 POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE DOUBT From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Matthew 28:17. Pascal, the 17th century French thinker, wrote in his Pensees: If you know God but do […]
How To Handle Your Doubts
THE CAPACITY TO DOUBT * After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. Acts 1:3. * When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Matthew 28:17. * Jesus said [to Thomas], ‘Have you believed because […]
Easter – Fact Or Fiction . . .
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-069 (Apologetics) EASTER — FACT OR FICTION? EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE’S TEN KEY POINTS FOR THOSE WHO DOUBT THE TRUTH OF THE RESURRECTION The Evangelical Alliance has issued a robust response to those who dismiss the Easter story as mere myth. In a paper published on 5 April 2001, the Alliance presents ten ‘points […]
Holy Days And Holidays
Why a holy day shouldn’t be a holiday April 13, 2001 By Padraic P. McGuinness Have a happy Easter.” You hear this kind of thing frequently and, of course, it is intended as general good wishes, but surely it amounts to an insult to large sections of the population. To Christians who (unlike some Anglicans) […]
Global Warming
Here is the first of my posts on global warming. — Lon Mendelsohn Why is global warming a liberal/conservative issue? It seems to me that like any other scientific question, it should be pretty much non-political. Conservatives don’t have to line up on the side of big business/multinational corporations on this issue. The primary source […]
Suffering: A Counterperspective
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-125 (Apologetics) The Cry for a Reason in Suffering (Part 7) by Ravi Zacharias ——————– A COUNTERPERSPECTIVE ——————– Having reached that point, a new discovery came into focus for Job. He had earlier asked, “If a man dies, will he live again?” He was now able to answer his own question with […]
Christianity On Tv
[bit.listserv.christia 7th April 2001] We sometimes have discussions here about the failure of TV to represent Christianity among its characters. (In fact, many people on TV have no religion at all, unless it is some sort of mishmash of random feel-good nonsense.) A notable exception is coming up next week, and it was remarkable enough […]
Letter About Homosexuals
Dear Rowland, I was searching around on the internet for hermenutical conversations around father’s day with an eye towards my sermon in two weeks time and stumbled onto your site. I enjoyed it very much and especially appreciated the conversation of Jesus in the bar in San Francisco! I know that this must’ve been a […]
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