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THREE GAYS CONFRONT AN UNJUST CHURCH
Michael Bernard Kelly, Seduced by Grace: Contemporary Spirituality, Gay experience and Christian faith (2007); Michael Kirby, A Private Life: fragments, memories, friends (2011); Mychal Judge http://saintmychaljudge.blogspot.com.au/ (accessed 9 March 2012). These three Michaels – professional gay men with integrity ¢â‚¬“ incarnate different ways of relating to their legalistic/unjust churches. Justice Michael Kirby is an […]
Women: Beasts of burden: we really haven’t come very far, baby
(I may not always agree with Germaine Greer – but I do here. And I love her feistiness! Rowland Croucher, March 5, 2012). International Women ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day will be upon us again next Thursday. A whole day out of the 365 that has been set aside for women. Disabled people, mountains, diabetics, the ozone layer, victims […]
God Behaving Badly
God Behaving Badly, by David T. Lamb (IVP, 2011) The biggest conundrum for thoughtful ¢â‚¬Ëœpeople of the book ¢â‚¬â„¢ (Muslims, Christians, Jews) ¢â‚¬“ and for their critics ¢â‚¬“ is how to make sense of a God who issues hundreds of sometimes strange edicts, many of which carry ¢â‚¬Ëœsmitable ¢â‚¬â„¢ penalties or even a death sentence… A God […]
9/11: IF YOU WERE THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
In his latest book, A Lever and a Place to Stand, Richard Rohr (p.32) offers this: ‘When I look at the American Christian Churches since 9/11, it seems that church has frequently become one more place for frightened people to hide. It often became a way to give ourselves a quick fix of surety and […]
The Violinist at the Metro Station
A STORY OF AWARENESS By: Kristof Burm A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the […]
Mere Apologetics
Review: Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith (Alister McGrath, Baker, 2012). Alister McGrath and Tom Wright are the two most prolific ¢â‚¬Ëœconservative evangelical ¢â‚¬â„¢ theological writers in the U.K. these days. [1] But there ¢â‚¬â„¢s something unusual about their approach (and this is especially true of the ¢â‚¬Ëœlater ¢â‚¬â„¢ McGrath): they ¢â‚¬â„¢re becoming less prescriptive […]
Ex-Pastors: Why do they drop out?
Leadership is Influence is Dropout (Part 1) by Thomas Scarborough Dropout among ministers in the USA, by various estimates, lies between 80% and 95%. The second figure is widely accepted, and implies that the number of ministers who remain in ministry halves every ten years. The purpose of this article, and of that which is […]
25 LISTS OF EVERYTHING INTERESTING/IMPORTANT
Dear friends I’m making 25 lists of 25 important/memorable/helpful items/ideas. Anything missing? We’ll have to factor it in to one of these (watch this article): 25 LISTS OF 25 1 MOST INSPIRING PEOPLE WHO’VE EVER LIVED 2 MOST MEMORABLE PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE 3 GREATEST CHRISTIAN HYMNS/SONGS 4 GREATEST SERMONS EVER PREACHED 5 GREATEST […]
25 BOOKS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD READ
25 BOOKS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD READ (Renovare, 2011) ¢â‚¬ËœPray constantly ¢â‚¬â„¢ (1 Thess. 5:17). The devout Russian peasant-author of The Way of a Pilgrim added: ¢â‚¬ËœThese words made a deep impression on me, and I started thinking of how it could be possible to pray without ceasing when the practical necessities of life demand so much attention ¢â‚¬â„¢. But a […]
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE BIBLE: six articles (and more)
[Corrected, slightly amended, 24/4/2017) “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.” (H L Mencken) One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. (Victor Hugo) Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. (Arthur Koestler). (Sad, Arthur?). John Maynard Keynes: “When […]
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