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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Jesus: Who Do The Scholars Say He Is?

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 467 Who do Scholars say I am? (Sun 6 July 1997) by Rev Dr Gordon Moyes The debate over who scholars say Jesus is has been the hottest issue in the Christian world these past three years. Over 1.7 billion believers proclaim their faith in Jesus Christ. But who is it that […]

Selective Fellowship

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 479 Herman Sasse writing on the topic of “Selective Fellowship” in 1957 (Logia V.3, 1996) says: “The pastors who have no solid theological training and are not studying any longer become mere organizers, and their sermons or ‘sermonettes’ cease to be the preaching of the pure Gospel. The lay people who do […]

Think!

Some 1996 jottings from many sources on my diary’s THINK! page: a gift for the New Year Shalom! Rowland Croucher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + My job as chairperson is to get as quickly as possible from the beginning to the end, and your job is to stop me + No one can call you a pig if […]

Interim Report On Sexuality

Here’s something from our clergy/leaders’ list. Join us for more. Shalom! Rowland Croucher Director, John Mark Ministries – resources for pastors\leaders Home Page: http://jmm.aaa.net.au CLERGY/LEADERS’ LIST: (‘SUBSCRIBE’ on subject-line) Review/Essay: Some comments on the INTERIM REPORT ON SEXUALITY(Assembly Task Group on Sexuality, Uniting Church in Australia, 1996) I like the Uniting Church. (For non-Australians: a […]