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Archbishops say Christians should not be ’embarrassed’ about converting others
Christians should not feel “embarrassed or awkward” about wanting to convert others to their faith, according to the two most senior clerics in the Church of England. By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph June 22, 2010 The Archbishops of Canterbury and York admitted that many are nervous about sharing their beliefs in a […]
Prayer for today
‘Undaunted, you seek the lost, O God, exultant, you bring home the found. Touch our hearts with grateful wonder at the tenderness of your forbearing love. Grant us delight in the mercy that has found us, and bring us all to rejoice at the feast of forgiveness. Amen’.
Francis and the Leper
It is said that when Francis was a young man, before his transformation, he would wander the countryside. In those days the disease of leprosy was not uncommon. Given their grotesque appearance and the odious stench that accompanied their deteriorating skin, lepers were usually banished to the countryside. Their only real source of income came […]
Vince Antonucci’s ‘Guerrilla Lovers’
She sat in her car out in the street in the pre-dawn darkness, and wondered over and over, ‘What am I doing this for?’ When the garbage-collector came she gave him some special cookies she’d baked. He was astonished: ‘No-one’s done this for me before’. Vince Antonucci’s Guerrilla Lovers (Baker Books, 2010) describes how everyone […]
A HYMN FOR MODERN TIMES (How would you respond to her?)
A hymn for modern times Roz Kaveney guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 5 May 2010 13.57 BST The creeping limping feet of worn-out gods Disturb my sleep; the rotten little sods After my soul again, that much is clear. They want my love, or failing that my fear I used to be immune to all their chat but […]
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY: TRUTH AND LOVE [4]
Previous article – http://jmm.org.au/articles/23684.htm 3-9 Dialogue: The Way Forward There are many other dimensions of Islam we have not been able to touch. Here we examine what for me is the crux of the matter: How are Christians and Muslims supposed to ‘get along’? Let’s begin with an article by the conservative evangelical Muslim scholar, Dr […]
Pray for the World – May 2010
May 2010 IRAN – PRAISE AND PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN PRISONERS A number of arrests and releases of Christian prisoners in Iran have caused mixed feelings among the Christian community, according to Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN). Three women (Maryam Jalali, Mitra Zahmati and Farzan Matin) were finally released on 17 March after being held for […]
Review: Mark Durie, The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom
Mark Durie, The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom (2010) Critiquing Islam, some can be so “truthful” they come across as bigoted (one Christian politician wants “no more Muslim immigrants”); others are so “politically correct” they can be guilty of appeasement. Mark Durie, in this well-researched book, works hard to “speak the truth in love”. […]
Evangelism & Discipleship
-It’s time to go full cycle by Ian Malins “Discipleship sums up Christ’s plan for the world. Yet for all its brilliant simplicity, it is the one approach that most western churches have neglected.” – David Watson The crisis of today’s church is that many have become believers but so few have gone on to […]
I Was In Prison, But…
Sightings 6/8/09 — Martin E. Marty Sightings files bulge with clippings and printouts having to do with religion and prisons. Every year I “do” one of the sixty synod assemblies of our cosa nostra, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This year it was the Southwest California synod. Months ago they told me I was […]
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