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QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: RAW MATERIAL FOR A NEW BOOK/BLOG
NOTE: THIS BLOG IS A POT-POURRI OF ARTICLES, NOTES, IDEAS – MANY STILL TO BE FULLY FORMED. I’M DRIBBLING SOME ARTICLES INTO THIS FOLDER ON jmm.org.au WEBSITE FROM TIME TO TIME… DEADLINE FOR FINISHED MSS.: was to have been OCTOBER 2014, but Mosaic Press (with whom I had a contract) has gone into liquidation, so […]
To a Depressed Friend: 5 things you shouldn’t say and 3 things you should
It’s often hard to know what to say to a depressed person. Kate Says Stuff on the things do we say to a depressed friend that help or hinderRINT COMMENT Kate from Kate Says Stuff is one of the Top 5 Personal and Parenting Voices of 2013 bloggers. The stuff Kate says ranges from the fun to the serious […]
Doing Theology with ‘All that is within me…’
¢â‚¬ËœALL THAT IS WITHIN ME ¢â‚¬â„¢ Psalm 103:1,2 ¢â‚¬“ Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. (KJV). Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and […]
TRUTH/AUTHORITY: Why do we believe what we believe?
TRUTH AND AUTHORITY (A developing series of chapters in my new book: where would you take it from here…???) Jim was doing a course at college called The History of Ideas. The lecturer talked about the notion, common in Western Europe until the fifteenth century, that women have one more rib than men do. Back then […]
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Some notes from a Progressive (Evangelical) Christian Viewpoint
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Some notes from a Progressive (Evangelical) Christian Viewpoint Note from Rowland: This article has been published in Gesher, the official journal of the Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria), Vol. 4 No. 5, November 2014. As I write, today (14/7/2014) the story of a gay man who ¢â‚¬â„¢s just come out of his painful […]
Australia, you don’t know how good you’ve got it (Joseph Stiglitz)
First this: September 2, 2013\ JOSEPH STIGLITZ Australia should be far more optimistic about its economy. Photo: Paul Jones While other countries fell into the global recession, Australia maintained strong economic growth, low government debt and a triple-A credit rating. With this record, you might expect the federal election to be focused on how to […]
MONEY AND THE GIFT OF GENEROSITY
* Who dies rich, dies disgraced (Andrew Carnegie) * The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10) INTRODUCTION Money is a very important part of our lives. Try to think of a day recently where money played no part at all. Were you deserted on an island, or […]
Mavericks in the Church (may their tribe increase!).
IS THERE ROOM FOR MAVERICKS IN THE CHURCH? I came across an article the other day with this title [1]. It began with an IBM ad: ‘Dreams, heretics, mavericks, and geniuses. The story goes thatHenry Ford once hired an efficiency expert to evaluate his company. After afew weeks, he reported favorably except for one thing: […]
Rod Romney: a friend
Note from Rowland: When we were having a hard time at First Baptist Church Vancouver, I drove a couple of times to Seattle to chat to Rod: a gentle, sensitive man… (PS. I didn’t know about his welcoming Gays and Lesbians, but something this obituary doesn’t mention: he also believed in the reality of some […]
Preaching: Preachers other preachers read (and preach!)
I talk to lots of clergy – in conferences and one to one ¢â‚¬“ and have a pretty good idea about their preaching styles, and the other preachers they read for inspiration. (An interesting thing happened on the way to writing this chapter, Mothers ¢â‚¬â„¢ Day 2014. My wife has produced one of the two or […]
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