Missions
Missionaries in the Family (Australian conference and archives)
Missionaries in the Family Good morning Mr Croucher I came across your website while doing my usual Saturday morning ‘trawl’ (much nicer than ‘surfing’ for old retired blokes, I think. I was searching for China Inland Mission references. Two quick items for your own information and perhaps for dissemination to your substantial contacts, if you […]
Evangelism
Christians evangelising Christians is a silly act (though it is mainly Christians who turn up to evangelisation events) To evangelise nonChristians you have to have contact with nonChristians in their world. How many times have you dropped into your local New Age meeting to see if you want become a New Ager …but that’s EXACTLY […]
Why I’ve changed my mind on vilification laws (by a Muslim)
Why I’ve changed my mind on vilification laws June 4, 2004 This legislation is undermining those religious freedoms it is intended to protect, writes Amir Butler. Peter Costello was quite correct in his National Day of Thanksgiving address (“The moral decay of Australia”, on this page on Tuesday) to describe Victoria’s anti-vilification legislation as “bad […]
Jesus and Ronald McDonald
Quoting Morgan Spurlock of “Super Size Me” fame …. In the movie we showed kids pictures of Jesus and Ronald McDonald. None of them knew who Jesus was. All of them knew who Ronald McDonald was. I don’t see how parents don’t look at this and say: “What’s going on here?” (Newcastle Herald, Weekender, page […]
Characteristics of Missional Church
“Lawrence Meckan” <> wrote in message news:<>… Introduction. For the last fifteen hundred years the church has been at the centre of society and involved with the state. Today in a postmodern era there is a new emerging church rising from the midst of a irrelevant, dated church. It is grassroots and rough. It is […]
Every Christian Should Go Fishing
by Larry Ondrejack During lunch one day, I was listening to two fishermen talking about their favorite pastime–fishing the nearby ponds, lakes, streams and rivers. They were comparing notes about favorite fishing holes, the best bait, and their most recent catches. When I was able to break into their conversation, I told them my grandson […]
Karen Armstrong, Turn, Turn, Turn
“Mark and Bev Tindall” wrote in message news:… Karen Armstrong, Turn, Turn, Turn Dave Weich, Powells.com ……. Dave: I noticed that you’re wrapping up a month-long tour of America, and I wondered whether you’ve heard particular questions again and again as you travel from city to city. Karen Armstrong: Apart from the current political situation […]
Loving Ninevah
Finding a heart for ministry in a place (or situation) you don’t like. by Eric Reed, Leadership managing editor “You really do love this town, don’t you,” I said while visiting with a pastor-friend in a city where I once lived. “I don’t love its debauchery, I don’t condone its sin; I love it enough […]
Plotting the world’s salvation
Not a Synod but a Salon The “evangelical underground” plotted England’s and the world’s salvation at a London pub. by Aaron Belz Aldersgate Street, London. This was where John Wesley, who had launched Britain’s Evangelical Revival decades before, had found his heart “strangely warmed” in May 1738. But it was not only Wesley’s Methodists who […]
Allah or Jesus?
by Rick Mathes Last month I attended my annual training session that’s required for maintaining my state prison security clearance. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths, who explained each of their belief systems. I was particularly interested in what the Islamic Imam […]
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