Bible
Bible Quiz
Can you find 16 books of the Bible? I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible. It was a lulu, kept people looking so hard for facts and for others it was a revelation. Some were in a real jam, especially since the names of the books are not capitalized, but […]
Mark 16:9-20 – An Orthodox View
From: (St.Athanasius) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Mark 16:9-20 Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 23:24:42 GMT In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Dear Mike, Greetings again, I respond to your questions this way: >Was […]
Luke 6:11-12
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Luke 6:11-12 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:05:15 GMT Rowland Crowcher, who plays a very important part as honorary chaplain and wise old(ish) man here on aus.religion.* is always encouraging us to post devotional and sermon- type material, along with our diatribes on theological minutea. My study group […]
A Reflection On 1 John 4:18 For The New Year.
Michael Leunig writes in his book “A Common Prayer”: There are only two feelings: Love and fear. There are only two languages: Love and fear. There are only two activities: Love and fear. There are only two motives, two procedures, two frameworks, two results. Love and fear. Love and fear. He does not seem to […]
Prophecy And Inspiration
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 06:38:43 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Subject: Prophecy and Inspiration Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian (2 Peter 1:20-21 NRSV) … no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. When Christian […]
The Pursuing Father
What we need to know about this often misunderstood Middle Eastern parable. Kenneth E. Bailey I was stunned! It was 1958 in Jerusalem. A British scholar and churchman, Dr. Kenneth Cragg, was lecturing on the Muslim-Christian debates of the Middle Ages. He had just pointed out that the Muslim scholars of the period loved to […]
2 Peter 1:20-21
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 06:38:43 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Subject: Prophecy and Inspiration Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian (2 Peter 1:20-21 NRSV) … no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. When Christian […]
The Jews
Anyone who has read the New Testament, even if they have just read a Gospel or two, can see that Jesus is the one promised by God and foretold by the Jewish prophets down the ages. From Moses to Malachi all the great leaders of the Jews gave hints of the one who was to […]
Jude 9
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Jude 9 Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 05:02:02 GMT As promised, some verifiable evidence about the background of Jude verse 9. In a large volume titled "The Old testament Psudepigrapha" vol. 1 (DLT, 1983) in an article introducing the text of "The Testament of Moses (1st Century), J. […]
Praying By The Book [Luke 11:1-13]
– Nathan Nettleton Last Tuesday Margie, my wife, asked me to drop a quiche of at the home of her friend Sue who had just had a baby. She gave me a quick explanation of how to get there: “Down Malvern Road and just across Burke Road you go over the bridge and it’s in […]
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